Ashgabat vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$893	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	49	87
🏙️ Population	1.03M	4.04M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 62% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2595th and 4867th ($1833 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkmenistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6667th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs New Taipei

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	Ashgabat	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$17207

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589