Ashgabat vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Ashgabat	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1806	$929
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4178	$2282
🏠 One person rent	$887	$493
🏘️ Family rent	$1506	$878
🍽️ Food expenses	$763	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.3	$50.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$871
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	54
😀 Quality of life	48	64
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.33M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 94% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 2849th and 6157th ($1806 vs $929) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Turkmenistan and Russia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 6881st and 5470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Kazan

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	Ashgabat	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$28.8	$8.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.1	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$3.91
☕ Cappuccino	$6.75	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.82	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1012	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$667	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$1065
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1221	$689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$69.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.45%	18.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4069	$3554
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2839	$2534
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.55	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.63	$3.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.71	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.15	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.23	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$5.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.48	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$2.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$7.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.21	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.5	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.8	$4.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$5.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.3	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.9	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24723	$15147

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1763
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$501
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1769
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$487
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$510
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$498
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$466
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1640
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$501
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$563
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$494
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$659
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1755
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$635
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$535
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$531
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$436
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$589
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$575
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$513
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$583
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$592
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$457
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$586
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$639
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$571
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$591
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$631
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$627
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$696
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$639

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971