Ashgabat vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$798	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	71
😀 Quality of life	29	64
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.95M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 86% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 3105th and 6262nd ($1584 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 Kyiv. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 8250th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Kyiv

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	Ashgabat	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$7184

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570