Ashgabat vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$798	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$170
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	7	68
😀 Quality of life	29	46
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.1M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 295% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 3105th and 8953rd ($1584 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Turkmenistan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 8250th and 6500th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Rawalpindi

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	Ashgabat	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$1075

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272