Ahmedabad vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ahmedabad	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$505	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1162	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$222	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$366	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$180	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.5	$25.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$154
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	56	35
😀 Quality of life	56	40
🏙️ Population	7.65M	863K

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 21% less expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 8477th and 7313th ($505 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 8th in India and Tajikistan, respectively. Check India vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Ahmedabad ranked 17th best city to live in India vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 5867th and 7225th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Dushanbe

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	Ahmedabad	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.02	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.4	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.25	$9.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.59	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.31	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$204	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$284	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.4	$39
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.6	$60.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.43	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.94%	18.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1344	$857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$729	$488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.79	$4.53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.25	$3.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$8.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$3.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$6.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.96	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.18	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.95	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.24	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.3	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.5	$61
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1882	$13332

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$396
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$377
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$399
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$385
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$353
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$338
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$809
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$301
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$323
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$308
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$336
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$281
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$338
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$390
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$345
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$358
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$377
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$359
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$360
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$315
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$370
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$391
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$482
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$336
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$457
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$379
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$706
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$334
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$297
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$510
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$375
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$316
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$392
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$292
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$291
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$375

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