Barcelona vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barcelona	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1887	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$1801
🏠 One person rent	$1118	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1805	$532
🍽️ Food expenses	$475	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2221	$155
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	98	35
😀 Quality of life	88	36
🏙️ Population	1.66M	863K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 181% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2198th and 7107th ($1887 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Spain and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Spain vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 238th and 7353rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Dushanbe

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	Barcelona	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$9.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1205	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2081	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.6	$24.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.48%	19.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6469	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4528	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$4.69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$8.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$6.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.2	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.07	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.4	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.7	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$652	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11932	$13630

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1914
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1511
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1473
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1573
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1577
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1507
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1507
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1321
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1105
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1134
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1259
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1240
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1571
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1485
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1309
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1688
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1245
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1391
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1783
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1499
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1177
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1094
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1344
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1548
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1209
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1456
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1238
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1244
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1551
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1330
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1439
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1274
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2685
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1531
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1581

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