Ashgabat vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$2034
🏠 One person rent	$798	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$870
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$501
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	45
😀 Quality of life	29	54
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.96M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 98% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 3187th and 6377th ($1616 vs $816) 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 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 8245th and 5908th 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	$26.2	$5.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$25.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$39.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	22.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$913
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$7.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$8.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$2.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$47.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$98.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$9093

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1583
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1578
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$458
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$517
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$515
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$538
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$511
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1531
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$689
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$670
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$394
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$607
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$468
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$550
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$452
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$553
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$675
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$435
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$689
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$722
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$450
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$693
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$797
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$673
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$720
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$706
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$708
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$741
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$699

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$429
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$660
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$596
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$658
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$671
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$666
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$663
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$667
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$468
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$527
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$473
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$469
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$532
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$664
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$461
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$519
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$419
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$530
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$653
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$672
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$567
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$645
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$435
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$452
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$710
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$681
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$467
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$673
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$661
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$450
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$654
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$838