Barcelona vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Barcelona	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2087	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4665	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$1268	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$2065	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$498	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2248	$140
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	98	35
😀 Quality of life	90	42
🏙️ Population	1.7M	863K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 193% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1764th and 7031st ($2087 vs $712) 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 1.1 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 229th and 7474th 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	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.75	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1373	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1063	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2298	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.22%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6508	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4968	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.04	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.4	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.9	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15137	$7848

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1746
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$2170
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1603
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1557
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1687
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1598
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1590
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1610
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1575
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1408
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1200
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1192
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1322
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1445
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1490
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1229
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1828
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1374
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1468
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1930
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1608
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1216
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1157
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1501
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1632
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1158
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1555
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1212
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1239
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1657
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1457
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1531
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1363
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2804
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1593
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1318
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1703

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393