Ashgabat vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	7	90
😀 Quality of life	29	93
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.51M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 28% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 3105th and 1352nd ($1584 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Germany, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 8250th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Munich

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	Ashgabat	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560