Antwerp vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$909	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$140
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	35
😀 Quality of life	91	42
🏙️ Population	529K	863K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 155% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2669th and 7031st ($1818 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Belgium and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 196th and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Dushanbe

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	Antwerp	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$7848

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1696
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1804
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1737
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1791
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1512
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1745
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1639
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1823
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1794
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1846
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2028
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1867
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1931
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1742
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2374
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2087
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1816
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1811
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1726
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1835
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2025

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