Belgrade vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$622	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$150
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	51	35
😀 Quality of life	71	36
🏙️ Population	1.2M	863K

The cost of living in Belgrade is 92% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4605th and 7600th ($1160 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Serbia and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Serbia vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 2157th and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Dushanbe

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	Belgrade	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$13506

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

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