Ashgabat vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$1948
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$4581
🏠 One person rent	$836	$1113
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$533
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$140
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$2599
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	7	77
😀 Quality of life	30	85
🏙️ Population	828K	936K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 14% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 2737th and 1907th ($1679 vs $1948) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Turkmenistan and Israel, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.3 months in Jerusalem. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Jerusalem ranked 3rd in Israel, while ranked 8379th and 276th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Jerusalem

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	Ashgabat	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$73.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$7.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$1338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$906
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$2415
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$1678
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$98.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$13221
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$9303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$63.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$9.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$76.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$99.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$80.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$10218

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1648
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$487
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1642
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$427
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$489
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$532
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1644
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$576
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$661
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$640
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$427
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$558
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$434
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$519
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$399
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$554
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$619
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$416
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$655
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$446
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$636
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$700
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$616
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$653
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$655
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$653
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$693
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$651

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$964
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1011
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$737
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1752
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$802
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1583
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2068
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1701
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1900
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1826
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$849
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2113
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$760
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1848
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2149
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1873
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$679
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1850
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1678
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1687
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1499