Athens vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Athens	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1287	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3188	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$633	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1164	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$25.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1070	$154
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	35
😀 Quality of life	78	40
🏙️ Population	664K	863K

The cost of living in Athens is 102% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4210th and 7313th ($1287 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 8th 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 560th and 7225th 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	$14.1	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$9.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.39	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$39
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$60.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.53%	18.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3172	$857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3082	$488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.5	$4.53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$3.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.53	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$8.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$3.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$6.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.28	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.09	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.37	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$61
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$483	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10293	$13332

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1235
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1172
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1097
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1137
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1475
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1467
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1359
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1134
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1047
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1086
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1129
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1038
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$887
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1974
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1090
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1037
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1058
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$943
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1186
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1067
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1738
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$945
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$937
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1047
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1169
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1015
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1177
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$825
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$984
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1098
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$647
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1009
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1144

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423