Beirut vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beirut	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1195	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2942	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$623	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1252	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$25.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$154
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	75	35
😀 Quality of life	62	40
🏙️ Population	2.42M	863K

The cost of living in Beirut is 87% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4447th and 7313th ($1195 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th in Lebanon and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 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 5118th and 7225th 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	$7.98	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$9.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.42	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$39
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$60.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.73%	18.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3906	$857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1717	$488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.2	$4.53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$3.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$3.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.24	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.55	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$61
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4159	$13332

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$982
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$882
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$770
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$665
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$633
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$583
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1622
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1570
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1617
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1447
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1622
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1427
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1567
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1467
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1689
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1660
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$528
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$625
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1593
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$480
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$602
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$1962
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$436
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1850

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423