Ashgabat vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$798	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$971
😷 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 110% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 3105th and 6647th ($1584 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 39th 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 136th in China, while ranked 8250th and 6657th 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	$25.9	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$17434

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936