Amsterdam vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amsterdam	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3165	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7127	$1811
🏠 One person rent	$2073	$401
🏘️ Family rent	$3318	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$659	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$265	$37.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4747	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	35
😀 Quality of life	95	47
🏙️ Population	921K	948K

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 309% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 138th and 6897th ($3165 vs $773) 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 3rd best city to live in the Netherlands vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 24th and 6988th 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	$22	$4.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93	$15.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.6	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.81	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2259	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1723	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3695	$873
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2790	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$53.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.3	$17.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.65%	22.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11141	$1272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7428	$705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.8	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.47	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$4.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.2	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.84	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.7	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.6	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.06	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.6	$43
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$5.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$98	$33.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2748	$79.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20104	$6733

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2185
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2755
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2354
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2399
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1865
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2564
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2296
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2283
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2608
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2389
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2307
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2407
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1477
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2365
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2148
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2491
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2310
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2424
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2026
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2659
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1805
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2336
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2234
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$2053
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2104
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2662
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2304
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2341
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2077
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2159
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2220
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2272
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$2253
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1942
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2040
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2082
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2152
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2166
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2112
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2247

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438