Beirut vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Beirut	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1441	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3510	$1811
🏠 One person rent	$641	$401
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$37.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$260	$146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	74	35
😀 Quality of life	63	47
🏙️ Population	2.42M	948K

The cost of living in Beirut is 86% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4177th and 6897th ($1441 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 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 5483rd and 6988th 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	$10.8	$4.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$15.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.96	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.48	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.49	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$758	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$406	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$873
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$53.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$17.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	22.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3695	$1272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1988	$705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.93	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.82	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$43
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$5.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.9	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.7	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.9	$33.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$138	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$487	$79.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8983	$6733

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1204
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$1093
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$927
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$841
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$700
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$706
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$2195
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$2069
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$2008
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1873
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$2142
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$2044
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1891
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$2043
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$2125
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$2133
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$390
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$771
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1918
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$441
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$745
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2175
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$446
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438