Turkmenabat
- Population
- 231,000
- Coordinates
- 39.07ยฐ N, 63.58ยฐ E
- Time zone
- Asia/Ashgabat
- Prices for
- Aug 2026
One person needs about $2,803 a month in Turkmenabat, rent included: 53% less than in New York. The average net salary is $513 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Turkmenabat; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%16
- Safetycountry20%53
- Health carecountry15%64
- Climate10%100
- Air quality10%95
- Connectivity10%No data
- Cost10%11
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Turkmenabat | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $56.98 | $25.00 | +128% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $114 | $140 | โ19% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | โ | $14.00 | โ |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.70 | $8.00 | โ29% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $14.25 | $10.00 | +43% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $7.12 | $6.37 | +12% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | โ | $3.80 | โ |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.85 | $2.89 | โ71% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $4.27 | $1.36 | +214% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | โ | $4.68 | โ |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $4.27 | $6.97 | โ39% |
| Eggs (12) | โ | $5.73 | โ |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | โ | $17.38 | โ |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $8.55 | $15.11 | โ43% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | โ | $17.77 | โ |
| Apples (1 kg) | $4.27 | $6.11 | โ30% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $7.98 | $2.20 | +263% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $6.27 | $5.77 | +9% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $1.99 | $6.25 | โ68% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.14 | $3.47 | โ67% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.85 | $4.17 | โ80% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | โ | $2.72 | โ |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.14 | $2.50 | โ54% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | โ | $20.00 | โ |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | โ | $3.21 | โ |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | โ | $3.96 | โ |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $28.49 | $19.00 | +50% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.14 | $3.00 | โ95% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $8.55 | $140 | โ94% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | โ | $3.00 | โ |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | โ | $2.18 | โ |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $8.55 | $42.00 | โ80% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.43 | $1.10 | โ61% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | โ | $35,458 | โ |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | โ | $25,309 | โ |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mยฒ apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | โ | โ | โ |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | โ | $73.50 | โ |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $427 | $71.93 | +494% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $85.47 | $126 | โ32% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $21.08 | $62.38 | โ66% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $17.09 | $23.00 | โ26% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $56.98 | $3,366 | โ98% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | โ | $60,589 | โ |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | โ | $72.80 | โ |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $56.98 | $53.22 | +7% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $427 | $118 | +263% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $484 | $125 | +288% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $484 | $4,417 | โ89% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $285 | $3,033 | โ91% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,140 | $9,242 | โ88% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $570 | $5,461 | โ90% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | โ | $18,759 | โ |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | โ | $6,523 | โ |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $513 | $5,178 | โ90% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | โ | 6.49% | โ |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | โ | โ | โ |
| Aug 2026 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| Jul 2026 | โ | โ | โ |
| Jun 2026 | โ | โ | โ |
| May 2026 | โ | $486 | $514 |
| Apr 2026 | โ | $485 | $514 |
| Mar 2026 | โ | $486 | $514 |
| Feb 2026 | โ | $485 | $514 |
| Jan 2026 | โ | $485 | $514 |
| Dec 2025 | โ | $486 | $514 |
| Nov 2025 | โ | $486 | $514 |
| Oct 2025 | โ | $484 | $514 |
| Sep 2025 | โ | $485 | $514 |
| Aug 2025 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| Jul 2025 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| May 2025 | โ | $485 | $514 |
| Apr 2025 | โ | $486 | $514 |
| Mar 2025 | โ | $486 | $514 |
| Feb 2025 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| Jan 2025 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| Dec 2024 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| Nov 2024 | โ | $486 | $514 |
| Oct 2024 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| Sep 2024 | โ | $486 | $514 |
| Aug 2024 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| Jun 2024 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| May 2024 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| Apr 2024 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| Mar 2024 | โ | $484 | $513 |
| Jan 2024 | โ | $484 | $513 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Turkmenistan's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Turkmenabat yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Turkmenabat. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Turkmenabat on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 17.0 ยฐC
- Warmest monthJuly
- 32.3 ยฐC
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 1.8 ยฐC
- Rain a year
- 139 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 40%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 5.0 kWh/mยฒ
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 109
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 ยฐC
- 100
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 31
- PM2.5
- 4.7ยตg/mยณ, mean
- Air score
- 950-100
Internet
No internet speed measurements for Turkmenabat or its country.
Housing
No property survey for Turkmenabat yet.
Cities like Turkmenabat
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 0Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Aug 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 10 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 62%14 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026