Antwerp vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antwerp	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4482	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$927	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$1528	$614
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3003	$160
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	35
😀 Quality of life	90	46
🏙️ Population	529K	948K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 153% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2628th and 7063rd ($1857 vs $735) 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 218th and 7083rd 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	$20.6	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$890	$458
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1494	$828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1226	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.6	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.27%	23.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4499	$1189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3099	$644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.6	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.9	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.6	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.59	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.5	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$5.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.1	$84.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$113	$32.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$749	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20480	$6746

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1734
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1849
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1772
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1877
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1854
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1523
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1734
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2295
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1770
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2264
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1920
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1730
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1864
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1830
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1890
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1756
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2110
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1920
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1993
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1786
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2471
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2206
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1860
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1809
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1846
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1787
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1886
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2050

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423