Baku vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baku	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$766	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1968	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$316	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$602	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$550
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	49	5
😀 Quality of life	60	34
🏙️ Population	2.3M	115K

The cost of living in Baku is 81% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 6590th and 8915th ($766 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Azerbaijan and Bhutan, respectively. Check Azerbaijan vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baku compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Baku ranked 1st best city to live in Azerbaijan vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 5270th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Baku vs Thimphu infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/baku/thimphu.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Baku vs Thimphu infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/baku/thimphu" target="_blank">Baku vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Baku vs Thimphu

Prices for goods and services in Baku and Thimphu are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Baku	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.9	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.6	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$409	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$936	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$426	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.6	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.1	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.09%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1010	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.5	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.45	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.69	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.82	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.25	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.07	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6252	$666

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Baku

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Sumqayit	$707
92 km or 57 mi	Sirvan	$634
150 km or 93 mi	Khachmaz	$676
198 km or 123 mi	Lankaran	$608
215 km or 133 mi	Oguz	$627
229 km or 142 mi	Yevlakh	$618
230 km or 143 mi	Barda	$618
242 km or 151 mi	Shaki	$607
270 km or 168 mi	Ardabil	$827
296 km or 184 mi	Ganja	$481
313 km or 195 mi	Goris	$967
318 km or 198 mi	Ahar	$622
320 km or 199 mi	Kapan	$961
343 km or 213 mi	Rasht	$534
350 km or 218 mi	Makhachkala	$535
352 km or 218 mi	Lahijan	$552
381 km or 237 mi	Aktau	$573
398 km or 247 mi	Tabriz	$658
408 km or 254 mi	Zhanaozen	$576
411 km or 256 mi	Marand	$553
416 km or 258 mi	Gardabani	$767
426 km or 265 mi	Rustavi	$660
428 km or 266 mi	Zanjan	$466
440 km or 274 mi	Marneuli	$813
442 km or 274 mi	Abovyan	$1094
445 km or 276 mi	Tbilisi	$1016
452 km or 281 mi	Yerevan	$1199
453 km or 282 mi	Maragheh	$573
454 km or 282 mi	Vanadzor	$697
456 km or 283 mi	Qazvin	$618
456 km or 284 mi	Masis	$1081
461 km or 286 mi	Ashtarak	$1071
465 km or 289 mi	Khoy	$419
472 km or 293 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
473 km or 294 mi	Spitak	$833
474 km or 294 mi	Grozny	$608
486 km or 302 mi	Amol	$557
491 km or 305 mi	Babol	$458
492 km or 306 mi	Armavir	$990
495 km or 308 mi	Nazarabad	$645

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300