Ashgabat vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$519
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$1426
🏠 One person rent	$798	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$428
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$44.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$315
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	52
😀 Quality of life	29	43
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.11M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 211% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 3187th and 8536th ($1616 vs $519) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th in Turkmenistan and Indonesia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.6 months in Medan. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 8245th and 6659th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ashgabat vs Medan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ashgabat/medan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ashgabat vs Medan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ashgabat/medan" target="_blank">Ashgabat vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ashgabat vs Medan

Prices for goods and services in Ashgabat and Medan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ashgabat	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$26.2	$2.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$11.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$3.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$1.84
🥤 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	$190
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$116
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$456
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$65
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	10.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$1907
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$661
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$9.09
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$4.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$7.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$19.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$2.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$2.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$60.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$11482

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$503
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$490
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$461
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$759
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$624
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$669
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$671
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$670
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$613
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$729
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$742
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$594
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$687
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$523
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$732
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$892
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$617
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$571
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$563
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$630
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$585
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$561
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$421
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$699
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$799
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$590
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$752
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$985
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$822
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$807
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$750
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$518
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544