Ashgabat vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$798	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	60
😀 Quality of life	29	56
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.42M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 221% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 3187th and 8657th ($1616 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Turkmenistan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 8245th and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Kharkiv

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	Ashgabat	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$26.2	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$2513

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529