Ashgabat vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$992
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2589
🏠 One person rent	$798	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$862
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$345
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$415
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	37
😀 Quality of life	29	45
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.15M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 60% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 3105th and 5540th ($1584 vs $992) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.4 months in Harare. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 8250th and 6578th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Harare

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	Ashgabat	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$10
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$50
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$919
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$638
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$35.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$54.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$113
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	14.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1327
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$547
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$30.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$6.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$65.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$9.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$37
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$35.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$6241

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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 Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$794
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$723
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$730
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$752
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$597
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$854
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$947
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$825
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$766
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$738
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$700
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1003
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$507
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$492
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$461
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$587
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$624
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$457
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$688
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$493
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$541
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$675
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$917
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1018
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$540
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$583
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$875
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$566
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$631
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$776
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$525
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$748
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$961
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$795