Ashgabat vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$893	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	49	60
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.2M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 108% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 2595th and 6322nd ($1833 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Turkmenistan and Russia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6667th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Ashgabat	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758