Ashgabat vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$893	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	7	96
😀 Quality of life	49	73
🏙️ Population	1.03M	13.3M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 27% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2595th and 4141st ($1833 vs $1438) 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 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6667th and 2664th 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	$31.3	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$15272

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1774
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1796
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$489
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$512
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$503
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$506
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1654
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$564
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$658
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$643
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$477
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$542
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$509
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$530
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$433
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$588
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$598
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$512
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$604
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$628
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$432
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$607
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$684
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$622
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$638
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$635
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$704
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$640

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772