Ashgabat vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$798	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	72
😀 Quality of life	29	78
🏙️ Population	1.03M	7.01M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 3% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 3105th and 2911th ($1584 vs $1637) 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 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8250th and 733rd 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	$25.9	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529