Ashgabat vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$798	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$854
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	21
😀 Quality of life	29	40
🏙️ Population	1.03M	6.71M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 76% more expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 3105th and 6043rd ($1584 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 13th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 8250th and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Yancheng

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	Ashgabat	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$22179

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984