Ashgabat vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$893	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$944
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	7	7
😀 Quality of life	49	57
🏙️ Population	1.03M	77.6K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 81% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 2595th and 5469th ($1833 vs $1014) 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 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 6667th and 6129th 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	$31.3	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$14328

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866