Ashgabat vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$798	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$49.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$313
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	7	38
😀 Quality of life	29	34
🏙️ Population	1.03M	444K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 266% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 3105th and 8890th ($1584 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in Turkmenistan and Ghana, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Ghana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.7 months in Kumasi. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 8250th and 7682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Kumasi

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	Ashgabat	Kumasi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$67.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$83.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$372
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	24.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$4001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2470
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$1.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$1.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$7.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$28.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$64
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$5465

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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 Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$551
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$588
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$889
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$553
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$354
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$575
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$632
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$882
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1022
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$507
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$647
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$937
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$651
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$590
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$906
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$658
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$709
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$613
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$904
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$916
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1113
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$774
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$776
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$743
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$677
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$735