Ashgabat vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$2769
🏠 One person rent	$836	$500
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$981
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$2205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	30	80
🏙️ Population	828K	593K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 60% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 2737th and 4965th ($1679 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 183rd in Turkmenistan and Japan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 2.1 months in Kawaguchi. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kawaguchi ranked 19th in Japan, while ranked 8379th and 446th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Kawaguchi

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	Ashgabat	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$3.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$484
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$708
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	1.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$5296
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$3256
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$51.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$25.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$9.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$5.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$5.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$4.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$46
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$39.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$57.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$13821

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$988
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1071
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1063
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1045
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1133
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1052
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1041
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1009
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1556
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1049
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1053
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1051
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1057
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1143
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1031
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1068
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1052
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1058
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1101
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1063
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$985
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1035
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1069
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1136
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1102
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1043
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1099
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1067
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1037
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1078