Ashgabat vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Ashgabat Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1833
$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$4223
$1309
🏠 One person rent
$893
$203
🏘️ Family rent
$1483
$340
🍽️ Food expenses
$782
$202
🚐 Transport expenses
$49.8
$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$747
$434
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
5 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
7
61
😀 Quality of life
49
63
🏙️ Population
1.03M
1.42M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 259% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 2595th and 8604th ($1833 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 22nd in Turkmenistan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6667th and 5547th 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
$31.3
$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$85.3
$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$12.8
$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.48
$1.03
 Cappuccino
$7.08
$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.16
$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1020
$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$674
$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1780
$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1190
$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$47.3
$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$73.2
$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$102
$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
9.49%
18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4806
$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2978
$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.14
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$8.51
$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$9.77
$3.56
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.43
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$4.77
$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.69
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.3
$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12
$6.17
$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.26
$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$18.7
$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$19.4
$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.44
$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.39
$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.58
$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.56
$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.99
$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.79
$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.78
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.1
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$19.1
$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.69
$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack
$25.7
$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.19
$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.85
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3
$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.81
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$41.2
$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$14.3
$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$33.8
$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple
$6.4
$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans
$65.8
$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers
$93.9
$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$23
$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$25686
$3156

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12 km or 7.2 mi Anau
$1774
95 km or 59 mi Quchan
$500
99 km or 61 mi Baherden
$1796
107 km or 66 mi Bojnord
$489
197 km or 123 mi Nishapur
$496
203 km or 126 mi Sabzevar
$512
212 km or 132 mi Mashhad
$503
294 km or 183 mi Gonbad-e Kavus
$467
302 km or 187 mi Kashmar
$506
306 km or 190 mi Mary
$1654
307 km or 191 mi Torbat-e Heydarieh
$502
344 km or 213 mi Shahrud
$564
361 km or 224 mi Torbat-e Jam
$493
367 km or 228 mi Gorgan
$658
451 km or 280 mi Dasoguz
$1770
469 km or 291 mi Turkmenabat
$1716
496 km or 308 mi Sari
$643
513 km or 318 mi Nukus
$477
516 km or 321 mi Qaem Shahr
$501
517 km or 321 mi Semnan
$542
524 km or 325 mi Herat
$509
528 km or 328 mi Babol
$372
558 km or 347 mi Amol
$530
561 km or 349 mi Bukhara
$433
570 km or 354 mi Birjand
$588
634 km or 394 mi Pardis
$598
654 km or 406 mi Qarshi
$512
657 km or 408 mi Pakdasht
$604
660 km or 410 mi Golestan
$628
667 km or 414 mi Sheberghan
$432
668 km or 415 mi Qarchak
$607
668 km or 415 mi Tehran
$684
670 km or 417 mi Varamin
$588
671 km or 417 mi Ray
$622
693 km or 431 mi Qods
$638
694 km or 431 mi Eslamshahr
$623
695 km or 432 mi Nasimshahr
$624
700 km or 435 mi Shahriar
$635
701 km or 435 mi Karaj
$704
703 km or 437 mi Fardis
$640

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$718
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$479
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$496
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$639
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$485
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$537
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$649
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$790
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$633
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$656
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$440
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$650
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$516
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$501
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$732
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$707
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$498
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$503
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$660
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$616
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$539
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$545
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$665
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$570
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$629
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$516
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$652
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$851
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$718
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$879
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$497
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$475
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$516
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$420
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$672
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$837
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$582
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$709
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$586