Ashgabat vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$798	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	92
😀 Quality of life	29	67
🏙️ Population	1.03M	9.21M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 37% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 3105th and 4604th ($1584 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Turkmenistan and Mexico, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 8250th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Mexico City

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	Ashgabat	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804