Barcelona vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$150
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	98	35
😀 Quality of life	87	36
🏙️ Population	1.7M	863K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 204% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2276th and 7600th ($1841 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Spain and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Spain vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 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 270th and 7359th 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	$15	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$13506

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

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