Ashgabat vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$654
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$1619
🏠 One person rent	$798	$325
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$207
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$55
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$578
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	54
😀 Quality of life	29	60
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.26M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 147% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 3187th and 7255th ($1616 vs $654) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Turkmenistan and Russia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kazan ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 8245th and 5204th 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	$26.2	$5.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$367
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$51.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$79.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$5.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	12.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$2473
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$1732
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$5.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$6.63
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$6.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$4.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$8.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$87.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$4225

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1583
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1578
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$458
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$517
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$515
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$538
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$511
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1531
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$689
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$670
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$394
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$607
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$468
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$550
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$452
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$553
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$675
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$435
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$689
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$722
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$450
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$693
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$797
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$673
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$720
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$706
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$708
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$741
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$699

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$513
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$620
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$522
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$589
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$376
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$463
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$514
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$562
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$567
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$559
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$484
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$518
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$498
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$519
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$530
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$616
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$507
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$503
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$508
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$515
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$660
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$539
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$480
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$623
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$633
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$531
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$797