Ashgabat vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$798	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1772
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	7	43
😀 Quality of life	29	70
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.42M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 45% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 3105th and 4892nd ($1584 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Oman, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 8250th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Muscat

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	Ashgabat	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$10296

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$967
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$780
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$585
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1239
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1844
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2240
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1494
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$605
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$518
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$515
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$829
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$514
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1779
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$547
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1709
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$464
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$548
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1223
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1280
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1243
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$442
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$809
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$589
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$1068
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$563
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1056
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$897
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$557
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$546
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$901
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$551