Ashgabat vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$2106
🏠 One person rent	$893	$453
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$45.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$280
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	49	56
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.96M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 117% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 2595th and 6476th ($1833 vs $844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.3 months in Tashkent. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 6667th and 6210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Tashkent

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	Ashgabat	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$33.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.29
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$591
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$1092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	22.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$976
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$9.84
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$3.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$8.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$5.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$45.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$9729

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$754
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$620
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$525
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$603
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$650
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$600
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$658
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$562
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$648
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$680
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$674
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$445
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$468
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$451
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$475
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$532
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$712
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$549
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$615
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$512
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$433
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$743
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$501
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$428
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$613
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$573
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$432
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$651
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$787