Ashgabat vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2358
🏠 One person rent	$798	$566
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1728
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	15
😀 Quality of life	29	47
🏙️ Population	1.03M	886K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 47% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 3105th and 4967th ($1584 vs $1078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8250th and 6450th 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	$25.9	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$93.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$856
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$2.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$6.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$77
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$8574

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$381
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1577
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$793
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$961
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$646
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$342
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$336
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$710
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1716
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1680
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1471
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1684
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1686
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$813
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$762
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1742
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$905
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$781
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1732
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$994
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$640
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$996
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$552
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1837
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1811
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2123
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1884
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1891
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$272
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028