Al Ain vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$150
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	38	35
😀 Quality of life	75	36
🏙️ Population	767K	863K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 205% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2271st and 7600th ($1844 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th in the United Arab Emirates and Tajikistan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 1000th and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Dushanbe

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	Al Ain	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$13506

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1239
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2379
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1494
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2240
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$780
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$967
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1090
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1779
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1709
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$585
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$547
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$518
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1223
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1280
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$548
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1243
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$514
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$605
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$515
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$1068
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1056
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$897
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$589
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$901
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$464
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$563
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$551
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$546
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$557
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$829
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$809
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$529
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$573

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