Ashgabat vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$798	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1303
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	61
😀 Quality of life	29	79
🏙️ Population	1.03M	605K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 42% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 3105th and 4764th ($1584 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkmenistan and Latvia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 8250th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Riga

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	Ashgabat	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$13840

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220