Ashgabat vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Ashgabat Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1679
$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$3854
$1762
🏠 One person rent
$836
$326
🏘️ Family rent
$1553
$708
🍽️ Food expenses
$658
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$47.3
$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$573
$605
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
5 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
7
46
😀 Quality of life
30
60
🏙️ Population
828K
1.47M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 148% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 2737th and 6984th ($1679 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Turkmenistan and Russia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 8379th and 5379th 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
$31.6
$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$55.7
$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10
$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.39
$0.77
☕ Cappuccino
$4.59
$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.91
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$915
$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$647
$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1453
$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1376
$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$48.2
$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$73.7
$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$87.4
$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
7.98%
13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4561
$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3442
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.29
$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$9.98
$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$9.68
$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.38
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$3.63
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.85
$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.65
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$5.07
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.3
$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.9
$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$24.8
$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.66
$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.38
$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.31
$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.82
$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.76
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.83
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.83
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.09
$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$27.2
$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.61
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$25.4
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.03
$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.84
$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.02
$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.8
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$65.9
$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$16.5
$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$33.8
$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$6.42
$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans
$83.7
$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$144
$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$22.6
$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$6425
$4747

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Distance City Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi Anau
$1648
95 km or 59 mi Quchan
$487
99 km or 61 mi Baherden
$1642
107 km or 66 mi Bojnord
$427
197 km or 123 mi Nishapur
$509
203 km or 126 mi Sabzevar
$489
212 km or 132 mi Mashhad
$532
294 km or 183 mi Gonbad-e Kavus
$473
302 km or 187 mi Kashmar
$507
306 km or 190 mi Mary
$1644
307 km or 191 mi Torbat-e Heydarieh
$520
344 km or 213 mi Shahrud
$576
361 km or 224 mi Torbat-e Jam
$558
367 km or 228 mi Gorgan
$661
451 km or 280 mi Dasoguz
$1657
469 km or 291 mi Turkmenabat
$1662
496 km or 308 mi Sari
$640
513 km or 318 mi Nukus
$427
516 km or 321 mi Qaem Shahr
$533
517 km or 321 mi Semnan
$558
524 km or 325 mi Herat
$514
528 km or 328 mi Babol
$434
558 km or 347 mi Amol
$519
561 km or 349 mi Bukhara
$399
570 km or 354 mi Birjand
$554
634 km or 394 mi Pardis
$619
654 km or 406 mi Qarshi
$416
657 km or 408 mi Pakdasht
$633
660 km or 410 mi Golestan
$655
667 km or 414 mi Sheberghan
$446
668 km or 415 mi Qarchak
$636
668 km or 415 mi Tehran
$700
670 km or 417 mi Varamin
$616
671 km or 417 mi Ray
$653
693 km or 431 mi Qods
$655
694 km or 431 mi Eslamshahr
$655
695 km or 432 mi Nasimshahr
$651
700 km or 435 mi Shahriar
$653
701 km or 435 mi Karaj
$693
703 km or 437 mi Fardis
$651

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Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$559
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$556
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$531
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$497
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$467
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$487
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$537
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$636
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$488
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$547
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$437
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$734
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$567
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$427
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$468
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$501
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$516
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$605
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$448
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$494
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$456
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$660
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$646
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$559
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$493
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$545
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$623
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$500
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$493
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$517
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$402
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$526
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$518
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$614
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$814
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$414
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$596
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$632