Ashgabat vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ashgabat	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1898	$1901
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4362	$4422
🏠 One person rent	$968	$984
🏘️ Family rent	$1668	$1684
🍽️ Food expenses	$780	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.9	$193
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$210	$2928
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	43	93
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.9M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 0.1% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 2383rd and 2370th ($1898 vs $1901) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 64th in Turkmenistan and Canada, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 7430th and 49th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Montreal

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	Ashgabat	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.1	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.76	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1017	$1096
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$765	$842
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1798	$1985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1413	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$40.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.58%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3536	$5122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$3877
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.87	$75.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.53	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.02	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.1	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.18	$2.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$4.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.7	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.6	$99.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24585	$6432

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1846
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$475
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1864
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$466
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$469
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$483
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$482
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$458
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$483
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1726
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$476
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$561
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$467
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$664
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1840
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$612
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$475
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$523
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$556
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$359
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$516
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$439
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$542
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$563
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$500
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$570
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$584
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$470
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$570
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$638
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$557
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$584
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$614
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$611
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$684
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$616

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1828
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1874
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2051
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1937
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1921
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1917
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1829
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1892
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1914
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1817
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1828
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1903
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1864
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1421
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1199
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1828