Ashgabat vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$798	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	43
😀 Quality of life	29	64
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.08M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 106% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3105th and 6565th ($1584 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 8250th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Nur-Sultan

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	Ashgabat	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512