Ashgabat vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Ashgabat Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1233
$787
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2878
$1953
🏠 One person rent
$531
$346
🏘️ Family rent
$949
$648
🍽️ Food expenses
$540
$293
🚐 Transport expenses
$42.6
$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$562
$969
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
5 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
7
52
😀 Quality of life
30
63
🏙️ Population
828K
1.47M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 57% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4068th and 6247th ($1233 vs $787) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 17th in Turkmenistan and Russia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Yekaterinburg. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 8436th and 4877th 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
$18.8
$9.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$68.6
$35.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.1
$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.1
$1.13
☕ Cappuccino
$3.75
$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$4.55
$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$635
$364
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$386
$249
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$933
$727
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$807
$490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$40.5
$66.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$62.1
$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$54.5
$8.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
7.97%
12.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3243
$2122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2384
$1364
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.14
$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$11.4
$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$8.27
$3.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.36
$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$2.43
$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.9
$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.1
$1.4
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.5
$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.3
$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.26
$4.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$19.4
$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.15
$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.08
$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.24
$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.99
$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.92
$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.89
$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.08
$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15.2
$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.99
$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack
$18.9
$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.65
$4.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.82
$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.02
$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.79
$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$50.9
$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$19.2
$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$26.2
$22
💇 Haircut, simple
$6.43
$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans
$80
$90.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$92.6
$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$22.7
$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$4395
$3522

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Distance City Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi Anau
$1366
95 km or 59 mi Quchan
$687
99 km or 61 mi Baherden
$1362
107 km or 66 mi Bojnord
$540
197 km or 123 mi Nishapur
$640
203 km or 126 mi Sabzevar
$638
212 km or 132 mi Mashhad
$658
294 km or 183 mi Gonbad-e Kavus
$531
302 km or 187 mi Kashmar
$687
306 km or 190 mi Mary
$1305
307 km or 191 mi Torbat-e Heydarieh
$687
344 km or 213 mi Shahrud
$688
361 km or 224 mi Torbat-e Jam
$717
367 km or 228 mi Gorgan
$558
451 km or 280 mi Dasoguz
$1316
469 km or 291 mi Turkmenabat
$1331
496 km or 308 mi Sari
$568
513 km or 318 mi Nukus
$397
516 km or 321 mi Qaem Shahr
$693
517 km or 321 mi Semnan
$690
524 km or 325 mi Herat
$375
528 km or 328 mi Babol
$450
558 km or 347 mi Amol
$504
561 km or 349 mi Bukhara
$379
570 km or 354 mi Birjand
$691
634 km or 394 mi Pardis
$686
654 km or 406 mi Qarshi
$404
657 km or 408 mi Pakdasht
$694
660 km or 410 mi Golestan
$696
667 km or 414 mi Sheberghan
$326
668 km or 415 mi Qarchak
$694
668 km or 415 mi Tehran
$833
670 km or 417 mi Varamin
$836
671 km or 417 mi Ray
$693
693 km or 431 mi Qods
$699
694 km or 431 mi Eslamshahr
$636
695 km or 432 mi Nasimshahr
$695
700 km or 435 mi Shahriar
$696
701 km or 435 mi Karaj
$792
703 km or 437 mi Fardis
$689

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$653
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$654
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$597
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$647
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$516
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$652
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$609
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$718
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$634
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$631
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$540
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$496
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$547
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$618
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$703
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$583
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$703
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$653
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$479
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$586
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$613
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$580
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$509
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$732
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$466
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$609
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$620
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$714
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$597
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$667
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$520
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$565
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$478
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$654
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$717
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$640
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$665
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$594
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$736
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$685