Birmingham vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Birmingham	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1974	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3365	$140
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	35
😀 Quality of life	95	42
🏙️ Population	1.14M	863K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 200% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1622nd and 7031st ($2137 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 65th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Tajikistan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Birmingham compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 48th and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Dushanbe

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	Birmingham	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.83	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$939	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5209	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1583	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$7848

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393