Ashgabat vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Ashgabat	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1806	$3322
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4178	$6846
🏠 One person rent	$887	$2058
🏘️ Family rent	$1506	$3020
🍽️ Food expenses	$763	$916
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.3	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$4546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	7	52
😀 Quality of life	48	89
🏙️ Population	1.03M	139K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 46% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 2849th and 86th ($1806 vs $3322) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Iceland, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 6881st and 268th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Reykjavik

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	Ashgabat	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$28.8	$28.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.1	$90.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$20.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$6.75	$6.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.82	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1012	$2151
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$667	$1861
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$3373
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1221	$2721
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$81.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$87.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.45%	8.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4069	$7832
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2839	$6385
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$5.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.55	$87.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.63	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.71	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$4.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$3.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.15	$6.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.23	$19.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.5	$44.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$3.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.48	$3.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$5.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$24.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.21	$3.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.5	$14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.8	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$5.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$5.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$95.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$18.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.3	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$46.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$176
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.9	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24723	$30361

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1763
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$501
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1769
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$487
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$510
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$498
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$466
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1640
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$501
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$563
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$494
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$659
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1755
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$635
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$535
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$531
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$436
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$589
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$575
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$513
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$583
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$592
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$457
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$586
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$639
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$571
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$591
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$631
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$627
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$696
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$639

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3219
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3212
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2621
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2974
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2066
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2053
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1540
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1620
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1645
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1656
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1852
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1906
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1862
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2121
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1585
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1769
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1707
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1854
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1588
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1784
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1954
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1496
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1945
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1980
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2978
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2179
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1490
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2363
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2135
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1984
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2627
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2409