Barcelona vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Barcelona	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2116	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4761	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1285	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$2102	$614
🍽️ Food expenses	$515	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2516	$160
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	98	35
😀 Quality of life	90	46
🏙️ Population	1.73M	948K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 188% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1722nd and 7063rd ($2116 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 205th and 7083rd 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	$17.8	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.9	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1395	$458
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2392	$828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.08%	23.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7050	$1189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4924	$644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.17	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.4	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.7	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.49	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.46	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.25	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$3.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$5.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73	$84.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.6	$32.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$777	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16675	$6746

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1812
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$2155
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1656
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1603
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1580
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1685
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1473
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1623
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1609
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1478
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1210
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1161
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1367
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1531
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1741
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1550
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1264
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1878
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1877
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1390
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1493
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$2000
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1645
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1230
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1201
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1509
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1659
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1215
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1585
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1267
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1296
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1709
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1471
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1569
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1415
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2879
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1663
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1347
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1797

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423