Ashgabat vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$798	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$57.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	7	69
😀 Quality of life	29	46
🏙️ Population	1.03M	11.1M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 285% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 3105th and 8934th ($1584 vs $411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Turkmenistan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.4 months in Lahore. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 8250th and 6486th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Lahore

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	Ashgabat	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$102
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$74.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	19.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$5.75
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$5.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$2.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$3.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$0.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$0.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$1.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$13
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$15
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$37.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$1172

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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 Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346