Ashgabat vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Ashgabat Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1898
$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$4362
$2729
🏠 One person rent
$968
$633
🏘️ Family rent
$1668
$1107
🍽️ Food expenses
$780
$368
🚐 Transport expenses
$50.9
$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$210
$1033
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
5 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
7
48
😀 Quality of life
43
64
🏙️ Population
1.03M
1.47M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 63% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 2383rd and 4849th ($1898 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Turkmenistan and Russia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 7430th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Yekaterinburg

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Ashgabat Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$31.1
$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$85
$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$12.8
$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.76
$2.26
☕ Cappuccino
$6.83
$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.58
$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1017
$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$765
$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1798
$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1413
$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$49
$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$74.9
$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$104
$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
9.58%
21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3536
$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2856
$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.14
$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$9.87
$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$9.74
$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.43
$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$4.53
$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.03
$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.85
$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12
$6.02
$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.31
$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$20
$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$23.1
$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.09
$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.38
$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.47
$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.64
$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.27
$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.41
$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.74
$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.09
$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$19.1
$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.18
$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack
$25.7
$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.88
$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.83
$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.04
$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.82
$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$40.7
$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12.2
$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$31.1
$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$6.36
$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans
$56
$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$93.6
$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$22.7
$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$24585
$7933

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Distance City Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi Anau
$1846
95 km or 59 mi Quchan
$475
99 km or 61 mi Baherden
$1864
107 km or 66 mi Bojnord
$466
197 km or 123 mi Nishapur
$469
203 km or 126 mi Sabzevar
$483
212 km or 132 mi Mashhad
$482
294 km or 183 mi Gonbad-e Kavus
$458
302 km or 187 mi Kashmar
$483
306 km or 190 mi Mary
$1726
307 km or 191 mi Torbat-e Heydarieh
$476
344 km or 213 mi Shahrud
$561
361 km or 224 mi Torbat-e Jam
$467
367 km or 228 mi Gorgan
$664
451 km or 280 mi Dasoguz
$1840
469 km or 291 mi Turkmenabat
$1795
496 km or 308 mi Sari
$612
513 km or 318 mi Nukus
$475
516 km or 321 mi Qaem Shahr
$474
517 km or 321 mi Semnan
$523
524 km or 325 mi Herat
$556
528 km or 328 mi Babol
$359
558 km or 347 mi Amol
$516
561 km or 349 mi Bukhara
$439
570 km or 354 mi Birjand
$542
634 km or 394 mi Pardis
$563
654 km or 406 mi Qarshi
$500
657 km or 408 mi Pakdasht
$570
660 km or 410 mi Golestan
$584
667 km or 414 mi Sheberghan
$470
668 km or 415 mi Qarchak
$570
668 km or 415 mi Tehran
$638
670 km or 417 mi Varamin
$557
671 km or 417 mi Ray
$584
693 km or 431 mi Qods
$614
694 km or 431 mi Eslamshahr
$590
695 km or 432 mi Nasimshahr
$587
700 km or 435 mi Shahriar
$611
701 km or 435 mi Karaj
$684
703 km or 437 mi Fardis
$616

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$954
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$952
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$952
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$757
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$786
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$780
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$791
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$1024
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$713
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$913
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$656
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$702
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$708
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$788
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$840
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$868
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$771
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$830
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$575
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$615
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$812
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$648
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$763
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$981
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$606
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$727
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$754
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$845
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$789
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$705
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$749
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$819
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$620
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$792
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$784
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$823
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$748
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$834
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$1051
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$754