Ahmedabad vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$166	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$150
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	57	35
😀 Quality of life	54	36
🏙️ Population	7.65M	863K

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 25% less expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 8848th and 7600th ($452 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 7th in India and Tajikistan, respectively. Check India vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 5984th and 7359th 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	$3.45	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$13506

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366