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Turkmenistan vs. Tonga Cost of Living Summary

Turkmenistan is 92.1% more expensive than Tonga overall.

Restaurants
pay 66.4% more in Turkmenistan
Groceries
pay 76.8% more in Turkmenistan
Transportation
pay 21.5% less in Turkmenistan
Housing
pay 2.2 times more in Turkmenistan
Childcare
pay 3.8 times more in Turkmenistan
Entertainment and Sports
pay 54.5% more in Turkmenistan
Clothing
pay 7.3 times more in Turkmenistan

The cost of clothing, childcare, housing, groceries, restaurants, and entertainment and sports in Turkmenistan are more expensive than in Tonga. Notably, clothing, childcare, and housing are significantly more expensive in Turkmenistan.

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Turkmenistan vs. Tonga Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Turkmenistan instead of Tonga, you would:

pay 66.4% more for restaurants

 
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $8.31
TOP20.00
$31.43
TMT110.31
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $10.38
TOP25.00
$12.86
TMT45.13
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.84
TOP6.83
$1.57
TMT5.52
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pay 76.8% more for groceries

 
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.04
TOP2.50
$2.04
TMT7.15
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.50
TOP10.83
$18.82
TMT66.06
Milk (1 gallon) $5.92
TOP14.26
$17.09
TMT59.98
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pay 21.5% less for transportation

 
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.50
TOP13.25
$1.62
TMT5.69
Monthly public transit pass $41.53
TOP100.00
$10.00
TMT35.10
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $5,814.53
TOP14,000.00
$43,928.57
TMT154K
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pay 2.2 times more for housing

 
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $124.60
TOP300.00
$102.86
TMT361.03
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $622.99
TOP1,500.00
$1,414.29
TMT4,964.14
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center ?? $1,000.00
TMT3,510.00
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pay 3.8 times more for childcare

 
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $157.82
TOP380.00
$22.86
TMT80.23
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $249.19
TOP600.00
$24,807.14
TMT87,073.07
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pay 54.5% more for entertainment and sports

 
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.32
TOP8.00
$5.71
TMT20.06
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.91
TOP7.00
$6.79
TMT23.82
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $10.18
TOP24.50
$25.71
TMT90.26
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pay 7.3 times more for clothing

 
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $14.54
TOP35.00
$55.71
TMT195.56
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $17.65
TOP42.50
$114.29
TMT401.14
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $20.77
TOP50.00
$364.29
TMT1,278.64
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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