Ashgabat vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$2471
🏠 One person rent	$893	$546
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$1724
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	15
😀 Quality of life	49	53
🏙️ Population	1.03M	886K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 72% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 2595th and 5095th ($1833 vs $1069) 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 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Tabuk ranked 11th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6667th and 6448th 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	$31.3	$6.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$6.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.6
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$2.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$708
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$580
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$70.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$81.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	4.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$1383
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$2.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$6.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$65.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$25.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$3.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$28.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$672
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$8498

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$517
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1734
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$798
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$940
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$645
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$346
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$354
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$718
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1910
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1855
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1645
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1867
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1879
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1021
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$837
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1951
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$987
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$769
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1957
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$695
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1072
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$548
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1947
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2347
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2064
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1998
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$276
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233