Ashgabat vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$798	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$994
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	7	29
😀 Quality of life	29	44
🏙️ Population	1.03M	6.17M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 109% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 3187th and 6548th ($1616 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 45th in Turkmenistan and China, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 8245th and 6627th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Maoming

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	Ashgabat	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$26.2	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$18483

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1583
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1578
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$458
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$517
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$515
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$538
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$511
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1531
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$689
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$670
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$394
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$607
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$468
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$550
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$452
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$553
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$675
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$435
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$689
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$722
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$450
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$693
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$797
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$673
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$720
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$706
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$708
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$741
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$699

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014