Antwerp vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antwerp	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1834	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4433	$1811
🏠 One person rent	$929	$401
🏘️ Family rent	$1527	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$37.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3013	$146
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	35
😀 Quality of life	90	47
🏙️ Population	529K	948K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 137% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2660th and 6897th ($1834 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st 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 3rd best city to live in Belgium vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 190th and 6988th 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	$20.7	$4.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91	$15.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.5	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.72	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$873
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1217	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$53.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.3	$17.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	22.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4523	$1272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3139	$705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.4	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$4.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.13	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.5	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$43
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$5.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.1	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$33.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$867	$79.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20056	$6733

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1688
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1829
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1743
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1799
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1848
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1833
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1757
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1476
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1769
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1742
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2143
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1740
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1844
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2087
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1896
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1739
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1845
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1799
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1881
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1837
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2030
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1738
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1970
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1926
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1895
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1861
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1895
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1969
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1763
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1870
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2460
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2112
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1866
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1799
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1817
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1759
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1843
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1993

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