Ashgabat vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$374
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$1053
🏠 One person rent	$836	$123
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$316
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$62.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$459
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	62
😀 Quality of life	30	55
🏙️ Population	828K	3.38M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 349% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 2737th and 9021st ($1679 vs $374) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 68th in Turkmenistan and India, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 8379th and 5989th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Lucknow

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	Ashgabat	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$2.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$8.44
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$3.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$73.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$335
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$50.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$7.06
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	9.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$1474
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$539
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$13.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$3.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$5.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$0.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$5.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$25.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$4.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$2.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$30.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$47.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$80.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$3600

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1648
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$487
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1642
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$427
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$489
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$532
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1644
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$576
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$661
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$640
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$427
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$558
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$434
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$519
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$399
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$554
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$619
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$416
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$655
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$446
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$636
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$700
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$616
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$653
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$655
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$653
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$693
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$651

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$301
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$471
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$414
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$329
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$342
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$400
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$310
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$363
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$306
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$433
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$435
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$361
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$337
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$352
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$296
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$345
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$362
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$408
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$423
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$458
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$390
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$484
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$284
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$522
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$321
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$335
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$355
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$379
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$455
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$371
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$272
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$291
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$374
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$255
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$316
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$343
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$337