Ashgabat vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$3619
🏠 One person rent	$836	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$1662
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$1671
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	92
😀 Quality of life	30	85
🏙️ Population	828K	1.36M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 10% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2737th and 3308th ($1679 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 8379th and 273rd 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	$31.6	$8.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$8.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$926
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$1265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$7359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$5167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$6.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$11372

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1648
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$487
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1642
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$427
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$489
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$532
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1644
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$576
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$661
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$640
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$427
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$558
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$434
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$519
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$399
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$554
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$619
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$416
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$655
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$446
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$636
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$700
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$616
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$653
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$655
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$653
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$693
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$651

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002