Ashgabat vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$893	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$671
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	7	24
😀 Quality of life	49	45
🏙️ Population	1.03M	6.56M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 204% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 2595th and 7790th ($1833 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 167th in Turkmenistan and China, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.1 months in Shaoyang. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 6667th and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Shaoyang

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	Ashgabat	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$10279

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599