Ashgabat vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$612
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$1703
🏠 One person rent	$798	$223
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$727
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	7	24
😀 Quality of life	29	39
🏙️ Population	1.03M	6.56M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 164% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 3187th and 7649th ($1616 vs $612) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 262nd in Turkmenistan and China, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 8245th and 7013th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ashgabat vs Shaoyang infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ashgabat/shaoyang.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ashgabat vs Shaoyang infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ashgabat/shaoyang" target="_blank">Ashgabat vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ashgabat vs Shaoyang

Prices for goods and services in Ashgabat and Shaoyang are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ashgabat	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$26.2	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$19
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$1.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$2.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	4.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$3476
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$3102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$21.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$3.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$5.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$77.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$10066

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1583
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1578
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$458
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$517
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$515
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$538
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$511
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1531
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$689
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$670
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$394
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$607
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$468
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$550
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$452
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$553
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$675
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$435
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$689
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$722
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$450
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$693
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$797
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$673
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$720
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$706
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$708
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$741
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$699

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$553
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$570
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$600
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$618
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$611
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$599
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$603
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$595
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$611
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$582
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$497
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$556
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$746
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$569
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$596
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$594
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$538
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$552
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$623
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$783
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$566
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$611
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$780
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$592
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$573
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$852
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$590
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$612
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$628
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$580
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$605
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$614
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$813
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$607
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$619
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$581
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$610