Ashgabat vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$1267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$3247
🏠 One person rent	$798	$655
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$1366
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$2207
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	44
😀 Quality of life	29	72
🏙️ Population	1.03M	298K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 28% more expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 3187th and 4400th ($1616 vs $1267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Bahrain, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 8245th and 1915th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Manama

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	Ashgabat	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$26.2	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$7.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$1097
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	7.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$2471
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$1550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$47.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$7.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$6.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$19.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$2.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$3.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$40.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$10026

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1583
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1578
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$458
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$517
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$515
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$538
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$511
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1531
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$689
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$670
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$394
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$607
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$468
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$550
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$452
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$553
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$675
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$435
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$689
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$722
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$450
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$693
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$797
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$673
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$720
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$706
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$708
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$741
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$699

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1226
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1218
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$870
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$989
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$878
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1719
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1810
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$548
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$541
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$537
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$558
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1586
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$556
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$713
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2309
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$507
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1503
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2084
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$489
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$557
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$879
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1050
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1232
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$588
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520