Ashgabat vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$798	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	53
😀 Quality of life	29	44
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.11M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 229% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 3105th and 8745th ($1584 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th 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 0.5 months in Medan. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 8250th and 6633rd 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	$25.9	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$10763

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501