Ashgabat vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$893	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$1116
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	7	82
😀 Quality of life	49	71
🏙️ Population	1.03M	5.65M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 89% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 2595th and 5813th ($1833 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Turkmenistan and Russia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6667th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Saint Petersburg

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	Ashgabat	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566