Ashgabat vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$893	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	42
😀 Quality of life	49	68
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.08M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 151% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2595th and 6947th ($1833 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6667th and 4595th 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	$31.3	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525