Birmingham vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Birmingham	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2046	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$1801
🏠 One person rent	$1197	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1902	$532
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3394	$155
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	35
😀 Quality of life	95	36
🏙️ Population	1.14M	863K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 205% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1731st and 7107th ($2046 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 79th 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 1.7 months in Birmingham compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 32nd and 7353rd 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	$17.6	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.59	$9.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.71	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.18	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$905	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2143	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1412	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.3	$24.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.8%	19.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5216	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4012	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$4.69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$8.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$6.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.17	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1575	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19729	$13630

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1869
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1838
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1818
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1827
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1748
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1797
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1799
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1771
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1743
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1717
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1799
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1695
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1849
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1799
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1819
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2050
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1572
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1750
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2205
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1896
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1760
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1680
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1855
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1803
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1560
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1666
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1898
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1817
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1845
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1755
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1755
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1869
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1865
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1780
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1711
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1813
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1944
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1755

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