Ashgabat vs Multan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Multan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$392
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1005
🏠 One person rent	$798	$140
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$304
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$173
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$39.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$197
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	0 km
🎓 Higher education	7	29
😀 Quality of life	29	21
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.87M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 304% more expensive than in Multan. Cities ranked 3105th and 8975th ($1584 vs $392) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Turkmenistan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.5 months in Multan. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Multan ranked 15th in Pakistan, while ranked 8250th and 8811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Multan

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	Ashgabat	Multan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$2.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$67.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$256
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$52.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	17.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1478
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$654
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$7.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$6.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$3.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$0.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$1.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$14.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$2.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$8.01
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$2.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$15.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$69.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$1778

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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 Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$361
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$356
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$292
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$342
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$300
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$306
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$389
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$458
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$297
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$411
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$308
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$325
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$383
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$373
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$339
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$379
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$281
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$354
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$358
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$442
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$346
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$266
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$338
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$287
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$441
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$251
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$366
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$366
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$350