Adelaide vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1811
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$401
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$37.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	35
😀 Quality of life	92	47
🏙️ Population	1.39M	948K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 205% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1178th and 6897th ($2355 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 6th best city to live in Australia vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 75th and 6988th 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	$15.8	$4.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$15.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$873
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$53.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$17.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	22.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$1272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$4.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$43
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$33.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$79.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$6733

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438