Athens vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$1801
🏠 One person rent	$675	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$532
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	35
😀 Quality of life	78	36
🏙️ Population	643K	863K

The cost of living in Athens is 103% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4177th and 7107th ($1366 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Greece and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 658th and 7353rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Dushanbe

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	Athens	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$9.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$24.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	19.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$4.69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$8.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$6.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$13630

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1257
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1228
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1143
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1146
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1528
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1459
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1399
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1106
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1054
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1148
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1005
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1060
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$896
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1956
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1133
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1080
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1123
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$956
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1198
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1019
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1062
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1769
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$899
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$989
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1257
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1120
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$892
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1036
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1094
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$743
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1050
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1186

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441