Ashgabat vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$836	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$643
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	7	24
😀 Quality of life	30	41
🏙️ Population	828K	7.82M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 126% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2737th and 6604th ($1679 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 53rd in Turkmenistan and China, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 8379th and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Shangqiu

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	Ashgabat	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$14498

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1648
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$487
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1642
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$427
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$489
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$532
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1644
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$576
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$661
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$640
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$427
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$558
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$434
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$519
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$399
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$554
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$619
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$416
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$655
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$446
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$636
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$700
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$616
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$653
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$655
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$653
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$693
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$651

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543