Ashgabat vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$798	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	93
😀 Quality of life	29	87
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.38M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 5% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3105th and 3363rd ($1584 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkmenistan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 8250th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Prague

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	Ashgabat	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120