Ashgabat vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$798	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$692
😷 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 116% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 3105th and 6742nd ($1584 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st 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 7th in Russia, while ranked 8250th and 5162nd 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	$25.9	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867