Ashgabat vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$798	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$718
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	7	7
😀 Quality of life	29	53
🏙️ Population	1.03M	77.6K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 69% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 3105th and 5827th ($1584 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkmenistan and Thailand, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 8250th and 6063rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Phuket

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	Ashgabat	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$13013

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810