Belgrade vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Belgrade	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2881	$1801
🏠 One person rent	$646	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1162	$532
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.9	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$936	$155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	35
😀 Quality of life	70	36
🏙️ Population	1.2M	863K

The cost of living in Belgrade is 79% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4593rd and 7107th ($1204 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 2370th and 7353rd 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	$11.3	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.4	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.52	$9.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$728	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1388	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$855	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.4	$24.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.87%	19.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4307	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2718	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.8	$4.69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.85	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.97	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.83	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$6.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.33	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.06	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.58	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.51	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.5	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$375	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7527	$13630

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1040
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$658
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$737
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$707
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$697
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$835
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$687
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$695
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$797
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$860
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$890
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$668
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$668
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$641
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$692
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$761
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$808
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$743
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$640
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$743
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$593
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$521
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1076
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$635
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$780
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$761
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$851
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1046
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$697
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$953
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$661
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1053
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$802
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$712
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$705
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$849
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$745

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441