Birmingham vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Birmingham	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2204	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5203	$1811
🏠 One person rent	$1254	$401
🏘️ Family rent	$1947	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$37.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	35
😀 Quality of life	95	47
🏙️ Population	1.14M	948K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 185% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1471st and 6897th ($2204 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th 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 1.8 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 25th and 6988th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Birmingham	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$4.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.4	$15.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.68	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1251	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$940	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2007	$873
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1484	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$314	$53.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45	$17.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.11%	22.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5467	$1272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4236	$705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.8	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.59	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$4.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.23	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.43	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.83	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.9	$43
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.2	$33.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1631	$79.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24178	$6733

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1959
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1914
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1894
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$2080
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1798
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1788
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1875
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1862
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1825
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1891
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1745
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1910
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1885
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1888
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1971
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1756
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$2015
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2158
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1894
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1876
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1729
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1870
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1763
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1833
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1777
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1748
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1887
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1820
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1763
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1928
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1827
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1889
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1897
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1990
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1886

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438