Abu Dhabi vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$25.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$154
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	52	35
😀 Quality of life	82	40
🏙️ Population	1.48M	863K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 203% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1938th and 7313th ($1936 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 8th in the United Arab Emirates and Tajikistan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 369th and 7225th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Dushanbe

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	Abu Dhabi	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$9.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$39
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$60.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	18.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$4.53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$8.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$3.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$61
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$13332

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2229
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1612
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1132
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$1841
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1191
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1872
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1810
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$787
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1164
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1285
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1327
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1126
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$798
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$959
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1005
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$890
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$868
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$910
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$604
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$573
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$606
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$646
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$621
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$604
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$606
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$779
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$544
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$457
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$672
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$561
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1642
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$541

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423