Ashgabat vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ashgabat	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1898	$949
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4362	$2222
🏠 One person rent	$968	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1668	$767
🍽️ Food expenses	$780	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.9	$54.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$210	$786
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	47
😀 Quality of life	43	67
🏙️ Population	1.03M	276K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 100% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 2383rd and 5940th ($1898 vs $949) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkmenistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.8 months in Sarajevo. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 7430th and 4806th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Sarajevo

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	Ashgabat	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.1	$8.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$8.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.76	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1017	$389
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$765	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1798	$700
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1413	$493
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$208
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.58%	4.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3536	$3220
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$2356
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.87	$33.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$9.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.53	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.02	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$7.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.1	$16.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$8.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.18	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.7	$34.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$6.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$88.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.6	$96.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24585	$3670

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1846
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$475
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1864
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$466
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$469
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$483
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$482
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$458
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$483
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1726
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$476
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$561
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$467
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$664
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1840
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$612
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$475
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$523
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$556
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$359
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$516
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$439
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$542
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$563
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$500
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$570
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$584
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$470
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$570
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$638
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$557
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$584
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$614
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$611
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$684
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$616

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$594
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$758
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$710
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$667
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$727
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$841
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1119
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1732
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$972
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1661
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$971
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$826
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1265
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1602
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1093
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$930
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1520
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$586
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1053
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1511
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1207
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$733
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$832
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1092
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1169
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1168
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1349
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$932
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1209
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1078
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$849
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1047
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$581
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1189
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1533
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1144
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$718
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$1067
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$848