Ashgabat vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$798	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	49
😀 Quality of life	29	58
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.63M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 127% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 3105th and 6907th ($1584 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 26th in Turkmenistan and Russia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 8250th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Novosibirsk

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	Ashgabat	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$4263

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648