Beirut vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$605	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$150
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	75	35
😀 Quality of life	63	36
🏙️ Population	2.42M	863K

The cost of living in Beirut is 107% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4326th and 7600th ($1255 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Lebanon and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 4772nd and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Dushanbe

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	Beirut	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$13506

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1020
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$912
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$798
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$776
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$573
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1681
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1616
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1531
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1502
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1655
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1600
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1645
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1593
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1732
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1652
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$679
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1576
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$417
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$608
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2138
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$386
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1902

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