Adelaide vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$140
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	35
😀 Quality of life	94	42
🏙️ Population	1.39M	863K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 197% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1686th and 7031st ($2117 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 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 65th and 7474th 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	$15.1	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$7848

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393