Ashgabat vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$798	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	63
😀 Quality of life	29	50
🏙️ Population	1.03M	14.9M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 259% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 3105th and 8872nd ($1584 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Turkmenistan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 8250th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Karachi

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	Ashgabat	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$1405

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552