Ashgabat vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$985
🏠 One person rent	$798	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$441
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	62
😀 Quality of life	29	52
🏙️ Population	1.03M	3.38M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 333% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 3105th and 9042nd ($1584 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 56th in Turkmenistan and India, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 8250th and 6090th 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	$25.9	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$1.51
🥤 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	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$1654

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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 Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$315
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$314
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$297
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$288
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$329
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$308
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$328
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$368
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$353
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$296
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$307
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$283
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$309
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$391
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$321
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$342
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$368
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$386
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$425
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$294
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$510
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$278
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$536
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$289
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$316
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$341
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$349
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$419
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$274
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$299
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$372
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$283
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$331
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$265
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$292