Amsterdam vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$140
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	35
😀 Quality of life	96	42
🏙️ Population	921K	863K

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 338% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 143rd and 7031st ($3118 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Netherlands and Tajikistan, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 31st and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Dushanbe

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	Amsterdam	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.3	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$7848

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

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