Ashgabat vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$798	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1263
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	7	7
😀 Quality of life	29	62
🏙️ Population	1.03M	133K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 21% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 3105th and 4205th ($1584 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkmenistan and Maldives, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1 months in Male. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 8250th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Ashgabat	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$3201

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360