Ashgabat vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Ashgabat	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1806	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4178	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$887	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$1506	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$763	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.3	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$3974
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	99
😀 Quality of life	48	96
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.11M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 27% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2849th and 916th ($1806 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and France, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6881st and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Paris

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	Ashgabat	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$28.8	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.1	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$6.75	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.82	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1012	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$667	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1221	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.45%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4069	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2839	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.55	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.63	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.71	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.15	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.23	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.5	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.48	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.21	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.5	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.8	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.3	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.9	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24723	$17184

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1763
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$501
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1769
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$487
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$510
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$498
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$466
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1640
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$501
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$563
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$494
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$659
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1755
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$635
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$535
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$531
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$436
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$589
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$575
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$513
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$583
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$592
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$457
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$586
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$639
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$571
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$591
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$631
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$627
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$696
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$639

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544