Ashgabat vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$798	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$336
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	20
😀 Quality of life	29	45
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.29M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 241% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 3105th and 8801st ($1584 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Libya, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 8250th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Tripoli

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	Ashgabat	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$1187

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058