Ashgabat vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$466
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$1207
🏠 One person rent	$893	$186
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$296
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$35.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$223
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	55
😀 Quality of life	49	62
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.11M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 294% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 2595th and 8825th ($1833 vs $466) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 48th in Turkmenistan and Indonesia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Medan ranked 7th in Indonesia, while ranked 6667th and 5663rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Medan

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	Ashgabat	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$10.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$3.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$86.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$156
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$48.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$75.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	9.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$1333
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$604
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$9.61
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$6.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$1.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$22.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$3.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$10637

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$460
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$449
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$552
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$754
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$701
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$657
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$554
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$704
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$592
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$681
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$509
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$584
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$570
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$643
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$519
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$592
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$689
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$771
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1014
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$773
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$854
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$552
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534