Ashgabat vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$893	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$988
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	7	7
😀 Quality of life	49	66
🏙️ Population	1.03M	133K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 39% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 2595th and 4439th ($1833 vs $1320) 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 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.7 months in Male. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 6667th and 5057th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Male

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	Ashgabat	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$3575

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1774
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1796
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$489
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$512
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$503
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$506
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1654
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$564
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$658
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$643
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$477
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$542
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$509
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$530
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$433
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$588
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$598
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$512
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$604
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$628
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$432
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$607
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$684
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$622
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$638
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$635
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$704
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$640

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327