Ashgabat vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$893	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	7	73
😀 Quality of life	49	80
🏙️ Population	1.03M	7.01M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 13% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 2595th and 3418th ($1833 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6667th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Riyadh

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	Ashgabat	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$9818

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1774
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1796
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$489
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$512
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$503
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$506
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1654
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$564
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$658
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$643
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$477
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$542
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$509
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$530
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$433
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$588
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$598
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$512
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$604
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$628
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$432
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$607
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$684
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$622
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$638
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$635
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$704
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$640

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463