Adelaide vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$614
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$160
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	35
😀 Quality of life	93	46
🏙️ Population	1.39M	948K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 218% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1210th and 7063rd ($2338 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Australia and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 73rd and 7083rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Dushanbe

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	Adelaide	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$458
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	23.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$1189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$4.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$84.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$32.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$6746

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423