Athens vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$616	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$150
😷 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 110% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4281st and 7600th ($1272 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 7th in Greece and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 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 656th and 7359th 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	$15.1	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$13506

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1159
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1082
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1045
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1054
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1437
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1265
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1296
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1022
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$967
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$980
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$955
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$990
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$836
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1838
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$981
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1011
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1033
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$900
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1099
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1030
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1659
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1015
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$934
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$973
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1131
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1052
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$909
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$943
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$930
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$764
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1027
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1150

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366