Ashgabat vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$798	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	7	30
😀 Quality of life	29	14
🏙️ Population	1.03M	4.27M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 234% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 3105th and 8769th ($1584 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 8250th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Kabul

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	Ashgabat	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476