Ashgabat vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1105
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2690
🏠 One person rent	$798	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1278
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$37.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$613
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	7	1
😀 Quality of life	29	11
🏙️ Population	1.03M	74.7K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 43% more expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 3105th and 4807th ($1584 vs $1105) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Comoros, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 8250th and 9179th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Moroni

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	Ashgabat	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$5.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$1.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$511
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1315
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1061
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$64.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$98
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1246
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$29.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$2.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$4.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$4.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$4.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$3.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$31.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$56.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$13253

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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 Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1100
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1506
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1150
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$872
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$552
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$523
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$486
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$545
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$493
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$507
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$580
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$457
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$675
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$447
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$492
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$507
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$498
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$525
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$502
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$566
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$461
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$561
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$825
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$638
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1003
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$389
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$408
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$748
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$947
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$760
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$589
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$752
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$541
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$794