Ashgabat vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$1985
🏠 One person rent	$893	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$61.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$762
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	49
😀 Quality of life	49	63
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.64M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 126% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 2595th and 6617th ($1833 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th 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 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Novosibirsk ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 6667th and 5603rd 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	$31.3	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$36.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.83
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$94.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$8.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	19.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$2370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$30.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$4627

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$802
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$708
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$679
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$649
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$745
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$530
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$529
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$510
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$548
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$761
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$786
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$837
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$486
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$544
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$520
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$575
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$767
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$685
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$525
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$472
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$618
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$909
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$675
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$544
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$518
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$577
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$583
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$680
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$559
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$521
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$537
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$681
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$527
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$762
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821