Ashgabat vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$798	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$744
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$439
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	71
😀 Quality of life	29	62
🏙️ Population	1.03M	8.44M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 145% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 3105th and 7236th ($1584 vs $647) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkmenistan and Vietnam, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.7 months in Hanoi. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 8250th and 4848th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Hanoi

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	Ashgabat	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$1.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$71.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	10.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$2965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$7.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$5.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$1.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$28.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$12394

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1553
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$515
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1541
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$510
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$524
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$508
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$521
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1503
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$598
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$685
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$658
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$392
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$580
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$512
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$458
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$557
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$431
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$574
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$665
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$484
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$680
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$714
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$414
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$681
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$788
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$651
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$710
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$698
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$698
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$736
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$688

Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393