Ashgabat vs Isfahan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Isfahan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$523
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1618
🏠 One person rent	$798	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$639
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$41.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$240
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	7	66
😀 Quality of life	29	48
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.96M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 203% more expensive than in Isfahan. Cities ranked 3105th and 8454th ($1584 vs $523) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 72nd in Turkmenistan and Iran, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.5 months in Isfahan. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Isfahan ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 8250th and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Isfahan

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	Ashgabat	Isfahan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$3.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$0.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$175
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$898
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$9.25
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	26.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$2.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$5.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$13.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$1.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$115
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$77.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$594

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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 Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688