Ashgabat vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$798	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	7	28
😀 Quality of life	29	41
🏙️ Population	1.03M	6.23M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 142% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 3105th and 7175th ($1584 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 100th in Turkmenistan and China, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.3 months in Xinyang. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 8250th and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Xinyang

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	Ashgabat	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$8587

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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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558