Bern vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bern	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2381	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6677	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$1185	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2375	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$829	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6312	$150
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	35
😀 Quality of life	94	36
🏙️ Population	135K	863K

The cost of living in Bern is 294% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 987th and 7600th ($2381 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 42nd and 7th in Switzerland and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Switzerland vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.7 months in Bern compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Bern ranked 8th best city to live in Switzerland vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 36th and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bern vs Dushanbe

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	Bern	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.7	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$16.9	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.52	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.64	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.62	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1326	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$889	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2668	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1931	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$252	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.3	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.51%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13401	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11590	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.31	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$89.3	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$41	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.94	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.88	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.7	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$29.9	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$42.1	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.83	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.2	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.8	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.7	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$131	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$156	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2981	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27477	$13506

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Cities near Bern

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.5 km or 2.2 mi	Koniz	$2457
25 km or 16 mi	Thun	$2481
26 km or 16 mi	Biel/Bienne	$2331
28 km or 17 mi	Fribourg	$2470
40 km or 25 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
43 km or 27 mi	Interlaken	$2637
48 km or 30 mi	Bulle	$2658
50 km or 31 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
64 km or 40 mi	Kriens	$2891
64 km or 40 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
66 km or 41 mi	Lucerne	$2931
66 km or 41 mi	Emmen	$2897
67 km or 42 mi	Aarau	$2252
67 km or 42 mi	Allschwil	$2717
69 km or 43 mi	Basel	$2643
70 km or 44 mi	Montreux	$3088
71 km or 44 mi	Saint-Louis	$1286
72 km or 45 mi	Riehen	$3234
73 km or 45 mi	Rheinfelden	$1447
73 km or 45 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1442
76 km or 47 mi	Lorrach	$1434
77 km or 48 mi	Lausanne	$2732
80 km or 50 mi	Sion	$1950
80 km or 50 mi	Renens	$2738
85 km or 53 mi	Zug	$3426
86 km or 54 mi	Baar	$3099
87 km or 54 mi	Baden	$3059
88 km or 55 mi	Wettingen	$2970
88 km or 55 mi	Dietikon	$2934
88 km or 55 mi	Belfort	$1360
89 km or 56 mi	Mulhouse	$1249
92 km or 57 mi	Altstetten	$3037
94 km or 58 mi	Horgen	$2976
95 km or 59 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1472
95 km or 59 mi	Zurich	$3296
98 km or 61 mi	Wadenswil	$2960
102 km or 63 mi	Dubendorf	$2988
104 km or 65 mi	Bulach	$2873
106 km or 66 mi	Uster	$2974
109 km or 68 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$2861

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