Ashgabat vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Ashgabat	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1806	$1652
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4178	$3912
🏠 One person rent	$887	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$1506	$1342
🍽️ Food expenses	$763	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.3	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$3076
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	72
😀 Quality of life	48	92
🏙️ Population	1.03M	620K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 9% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 2849th and 3436th ($1806 vs $1652) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 299th in Turkmenistan and Germany, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.9 months in Leipzig. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Leipzig ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 6881st and 112th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Leipzig

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	Ashgabat	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$28.8	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.1	$71.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$6.75	$4.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.82	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1012	$722
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$667	$535
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$1325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1221	$942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$178
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$275
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.45%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4069	$5097
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2839	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.55	$69.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.63	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.71	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$3.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.15	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.23	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.5	$22.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$3.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.48	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$5.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$7.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.21	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.5	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.8	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$15.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.3	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$98.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.9	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24723	$12468

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1763
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$501
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1769
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$487
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$510
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$498
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$466
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1640
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$501
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$563
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$494
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$659
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1755
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$635
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$535
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$531
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$436
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$589
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$575
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$513
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$583
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$592
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$457
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$586
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$639
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$571
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$591
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$631
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$627
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$696
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$639

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1510
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1435
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1446
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1404
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1432
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1451
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1401
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1453
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1488
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1467
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1179
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1454
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1334
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1460
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1462
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1276
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1464
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1146
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1396
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1330
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1490
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1355
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1466
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1460
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1475
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1325
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1305
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1475
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1437
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1473
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1476
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479