Baghdad vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$423	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$150
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	35
😀 Quality of life	54	36
🏙️ Population	8.13M	863K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 49% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 6020th and 7600th ($904 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th in Iraq and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Iraq vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 5970th and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Dushanbe

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	Baghdad	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$13506

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Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$752
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$960
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$833
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$659
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$817
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$580
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$651
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$766
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$680
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$570
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$587
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$641
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$659
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$508
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$582
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$676
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$963
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$536
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$854
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$449
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$531
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$597
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$533
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$554
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$476
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$458
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$577
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$583
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$536
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$672
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$505
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$646
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$443
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$469
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$513

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