Ashgabat vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$455
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$1152
🏠 One person rent	$836	$156
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$284
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$236
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	7	28
😀 Quality of life	30	48
🏙️ Population	828K	846K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 269% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 2737th and 8752nd ($1679 vs $455) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Nepal, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.5 months in Kathmandu. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 8379th and 6452nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Kathmandu

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	Ashgabat	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$1.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$7.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$2.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$350
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$209
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$23.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$36.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	13.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$2062
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$1180
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$9.41
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$9.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$8.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$5.81
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$2.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$6.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$2.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$3.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$1.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$0.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$3.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$3.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$25.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$52.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$94.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$3189

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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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$355
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$390
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$345
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$337
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$386
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$272
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$310
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$342
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$335
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$290
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$339
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$299
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$271
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$343
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$291
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$329
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$306
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$325
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$1014
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$363
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$476
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$318
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$337
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$452
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$471
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$319
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$325
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$374
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$322
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$288
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$276
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$414
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$293
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$311
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$312
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$400
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$315
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$301
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$328