Ashgabat vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ashgabat	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1898	$1036
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4362	$2352
🏠 One person rent	$968	$518
🏘️ Family rent	$1668	$691
🍽️ Food expenses	$780	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.9	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$210	$1734
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	16
😀 Quality of life	43	57
🏙️ Population	1.03M	886K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 83% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 2383rd and 5290th ($1898 vs $1036) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.7 months in Tabuk. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7430th and 6204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Tabuk

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	Ashgabat	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.1	$6.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$7.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.76	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1017	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$765	$364
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1798	$604
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1413	$510
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49	$59.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.58%	5.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3536	$1579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.87	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$24.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.53	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.02	$2.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$6.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.1	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.18	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$6.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.7	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$21.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$3.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$28.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.6	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$663
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24585	$8604

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1846
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$475
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1864
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$466
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$469
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$483
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$482
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$458
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$483
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1726
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$476
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$561
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$467
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$664
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1840
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$612
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$475
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$523
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$556
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$359
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$516
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$439
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$542
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$563
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$500
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$570
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$584
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$470
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$570
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$638
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$557
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$584
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$614
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$611
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$684
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$616

Cities near Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$818
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$429
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$2054
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$856
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$919
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$686
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$334
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$338
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$742
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$2014
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1933
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$771
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1810
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$2038
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$2060
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1149
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$977
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$2145
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$753
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$2133
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1032
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$862
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1205
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$538
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$2305
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$2201
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2465
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2354
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$2336
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$288
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587