Ashgabat vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$836	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	7	96
😀 Quality of life	30	73
🏙️ Population	828K	12.5M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 64% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2737th and 5167th ($1679 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Russia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 8379th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Moscow

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	Ashgabat	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$10868

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1648
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$487
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1642
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$427
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$489
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$532
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1644
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$576
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$661
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$640
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$427
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$558
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$434
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$519
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$399
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$554
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$619
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$416
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$655
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$446
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$636
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$700
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$616
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$653
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$655
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$653
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$693
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$651

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517