Ashgabat vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$798	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	70
😀 Quality of life	29	78
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.4M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 53% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 3105th and 5261st ($1584 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 8250th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Sofia

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	Ashgabat	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$6749

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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 Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$682
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$687
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$576
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$866
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$667
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$734
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$711
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$561
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$588
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$605
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$616
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$612
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$598
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$545
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$772
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$595
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$556
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$988
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$891
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$848
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$463
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$619
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$682
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$537
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$623
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$930
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$629
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$948
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1028
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$807
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$631
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$899
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$635
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$633