Ashgabat vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1726
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$4209
🏠 One person rent	$798	$892
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1501
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	82
😀 Quality of life	29	91
🏙️ Population	1.03M	548K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 8% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 3105th and 2608th ($1584 vs $1726) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 35th in Turkmenistan and Germany, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Hanover ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 8250th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Hanover

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	Ashgabat	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$73.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$616
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1546
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1063
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$48.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$4316
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$30
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$8.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$89.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$406
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$26877

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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 Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1599
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1595
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1585
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1590
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1587
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1551
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1544
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1532
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1564
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1558
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1559
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1560
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1466
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1458
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1530
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1549
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1498
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1460
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1512
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1407
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1371
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1482
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1411
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1371
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1401
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1417
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1517
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1515
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1418
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1469
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1431
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1558
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1352
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1442
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1423
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1420
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1421