Ashgabat vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$798	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	8
😀 Quality of life	29	58
🏙️ Population	1.03M	24.7K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 4% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 3187th and 3466th ($1616 vs $1552) 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 0.5 months in Victoria. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 8245th and 5469th 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	$26.2	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$8081

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482