Ashgabat vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 08, 2025

	Ashgabat	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1854	$841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4277	$2089
🏠 One person rent	$892	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$1486	$827
🍽️ Food expenses	$805	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.6	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$514
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	47	57
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.96M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 120% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 2546th and 6497th ($1854 vs $841) 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 0.6 months in Tashkent. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 6647th and 5965th 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	$34.6	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.5	$33.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.08	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$7	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$578
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$1061
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1192	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.3	$31.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.3	$48
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$11.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.5%	22.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4705	$1672
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3010	$933
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.72	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.85	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$0.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.16	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$7.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.59	$2.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19	$6.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.16	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$47.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$5.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.5	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$7.92
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.2	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.4	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25392	$9061

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1793
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$512
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1793
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$504
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$508
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$522
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$507
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$488
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$528
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1684
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$528
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$584
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$556
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$685
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1778
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1745
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$602
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$462
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$523
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$557
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$486
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$444
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$543
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$410
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$579
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$635
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$494
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$650
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$673
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$416
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$652
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$756
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$625
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$675
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$679
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$668
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$668
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$674
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$743
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$682

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$447
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$643
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$544
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$621
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$663
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$659
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$650
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$665
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$510
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$545
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$645
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$687
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$491
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$668
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$450
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$482
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$437
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$441
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$525
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$694
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$503
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$593
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$671
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$673
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$494
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$410
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$735
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$498
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$462
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$412
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$605
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1745
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$448
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$615
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$385
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$416
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$654
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$790