Ashgabat vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Ashgabat Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1584
$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$3634
$1946
🏠 One person rent
$798
$377
🏘️ Family rent
$1502
$769
🍽️ Food expenses
$609
$256
🚐 Transport expenses
$49.1
$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$718
$696
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
5 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
7
46
😀 Quality of life
29
60
🏙️ Population
1.03M
1.47M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 107% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3105th and 6596th ($1584 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th 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 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 8250th and 5209th 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
$25.9
$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$60.4
$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.1
$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.4
$1.72
☕ Cappuccino
$5.56
$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$3.25
$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$884
$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$607
$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1501
$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1302
$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$45.2
$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$70
$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$90.5
$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
8.58%
14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3897
$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3006
$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.14
$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$8.52
$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$9.74
$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.38
$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$3
$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.35
$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.49
$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.83
$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.29
$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.83
$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$18.9
$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.02
$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.36
$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.81
$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.06
$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.57
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.41
$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.74
$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.08
$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$27.3
$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3.79
$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack
$25.2
$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.01
$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.8
$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3
$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.77
$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$112
$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$17.7
$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$31.8
$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$6.36
$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans
$69.9
$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers
$92.4
$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$22.7
$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$6132
$4946

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$1553
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$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

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Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$646
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$648
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$592
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$600
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$617
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$596
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$595
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$765
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$531
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$672
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$506
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$710
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$637
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$454
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$538
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$613
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$580
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$593
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$557
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$509
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$534
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$508
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$619
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$734
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$548
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$569
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$537
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$656
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$612
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$559
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$592
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$631
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$549
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$590
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$654
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$770
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$605
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$438
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$717
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$658