Ashgabat vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$2619
🏠 One person rent	$836	$339
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$747
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$377
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$1088
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	81
😀 Quality of life	30	84
🏙️ Population	828K	2.73M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 80% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 2737th and 5786th ($1679 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Turkmenistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Kaohsiung. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 8379th and 320th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Kaohsiung

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	Ashgabat	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$3.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$2.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$829
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$580
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$62.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$94.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	2.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$4824
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$2490
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$31.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$8.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$2.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$9.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$2.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$9.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$54.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$8.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$96.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$81.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$313
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$12618

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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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$913
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$952
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$725
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$791
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$857
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$890
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$995
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$746
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$860
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$917
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$863
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$851
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1011
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$676
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$721
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$689
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$860
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$675
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$588
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$664
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$716
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$738
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$694
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$799
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$667
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$678
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1083
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$744
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$487
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$891
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$787
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$837
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$655