Ashgabat vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$798	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	65
😀 Quality of life	29	83
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.25M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 6% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 3105th and 3460th ($1584 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8250th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Sharjah

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	Ashgabat	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$7169

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1553
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$515
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1541
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$510
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$524
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$508
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$521
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1503
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$598
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$685
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$658
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$392
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$580
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$512
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$458
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$557
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$431
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$574
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$665
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$484
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$680
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$714
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$414
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$681
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$788
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$651
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$710
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$698
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$698
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$736
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$688

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2240
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2379
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1239
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1844
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$967
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$780
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1090
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1779
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1709
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$547
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$548
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$518
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$514
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1280
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1223
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1243
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$515
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$585
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$1068
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1056
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$589
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$563
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$897
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$605
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$464
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$546
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$901
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$529
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$829
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$573
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$536