Ashgabat vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$798	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$388
😷 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 213% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 3105th and 8600th ($1584 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th 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 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 8250th and 5713th 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	$25.9	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$3129

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549