Ashgabat vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$1590
🏠 One person rent	$836	$255
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$507
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$550
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	30	56
🏙️ Population	828K	1.25M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 182% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 2737th and 7706th ($1679 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th in Turkmenistan and Russia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 8379th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Ashgabat	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	10.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$5.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$1.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$7.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$5.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$2.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$4.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$5368

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1648
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$487
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1642
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$427
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$489
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$532
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1644
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$576
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$661
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$640
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$427
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$558
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$434
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$519
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$399
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$554
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$619
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$416
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$655
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$446
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$636
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$700
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$616
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$653
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$655
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$653
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$693
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$651

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511