Ashgabat vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$798	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	8
😀 Quality of life	29	59
🏙️ Population	1.03M	24.7K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 6% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 3105th and 3454th ($1584 vs $1495) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 8250th and 5404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Victoria

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	Ashgabat	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408