Ashgabat vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ashgabat	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1898	$1010
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4362	$2467
🏠 One person rent	$968	$555
🏘️ Family rent	$1668	$956
🍽️ Food expenses	$780	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.9	$35.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$210	$512
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	7	8
😀 Quality of life	43	55
🏙️ Population	1.03M	77.6K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 88% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 2383rd and 5497th ($1898 vs $1010) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Thailand, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.5 months in Phuket. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Phuket ranked 9th in Thailand, while ranked 7430th and 6330th 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	$31.1	$5.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85	$40.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$9.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.76	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1017	$650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$765	$429
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1798	$1157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1413	$761
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$96.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$19
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.58%	5.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3536	$3728
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$2603
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.87	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$11.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.53	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.02	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$19.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$3.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.1	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$19.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.18	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$4.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.7	$53.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$7.75
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.6	$97.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$565
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24585	$13979

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1846
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$475
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1864
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$466
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$469
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$483
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$482
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$458
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$483
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1726
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$476
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$561
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$467
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$664
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1840
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$612
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$475
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$523
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$556
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$359
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$516
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$439
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$542
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$563
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$500
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$570
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$584
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$470
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$570
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$638
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$557
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$584
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$614
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$611
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$684
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$616

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$784
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$836
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$582
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$788
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$616
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$588
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$735
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$592
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$545
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$762
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$720
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$439
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$555
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$677
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$453
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$449
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$567
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$787
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$809
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$839
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$743
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$741
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$718
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992