Ashgabat vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1828
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$4562
🏠 One person rent	$893	$891
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$1525
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$580
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$2914
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	82
😀 Quality of life	49	93
🏙️ Population	1.03M	548K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 0.3% more expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 2595th and 2626th ($1833 vs $1828) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 89th in Turkmenistan and Germany, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Hanover ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 6667th and 112th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ashgabat vs Hanover infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ashgabat/hanover.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ashgabat vs Hanover infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ashgabat/hanover" target="_blank">Ashgabat vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ashgabat vs Hanover

Prices for goods and services in Ashgabat and Hanover are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ashgabat	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$3.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$932
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$681
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$1515
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$1248
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$115
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$4748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$3144
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$67.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$33.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$3.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$20.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$5.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$6.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$93.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$29738

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1774
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1796
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$489
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$512
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$503
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$506
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1654
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$564
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$658
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$643
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$477
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$542
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$509
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$530
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$433
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$588
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$598
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$512
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$604
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$628
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$432
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$607
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$684
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$622
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$638
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$635
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$704
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$640

Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565