Boston vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Boston	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3638	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8082	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$2543	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$4126	$614
🍽️ Food expenses	$722	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6556	$160
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	35
😀 Quality of life	92	46
🏙️ Population	676K	948K

The cost of living in Boston is 395% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 30th and 7063rd ($3638 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 1st in the United States and Tajikistan, respectively. Check the United States vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Boston compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Boston ranked 16th best city to live in the United States vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 94th and 7083rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Boston vs Dushanbe

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	Boston	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.31	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2878	$458
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2181	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5280	$828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3456	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$229	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	23.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11142	$1189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6207	$644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.41	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.6	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.63	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.6	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$4.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.48	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.78	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.2	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.07	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.48	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.06	$3.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$5.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$190	$84.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.2	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.6	$32.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2835	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26679	$6746

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Cities near Boston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Cambridge	$3830
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Chelsea	$3097
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Somerville	$3650
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Everett	$2960
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Brookline	$3140
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Revere	$2981
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Malden	$3000
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Medford	$2691
10 km or 6.2 mi	Belmont	$3017
10 km or 6.2 mi	Arlington	$2944
10 km or 6.2 mi	Watertown	$2966
11 km or 6.9 mi	Melrose	$2870
12 km or 7.5 mi	Milton	$3006
12 km or 7.5 mi	Winchester	$2845
12 km or 7.7 mi	Newton	$2862
13 km or 7.8 mi	Saugus	$2839
13 km or 8.1 mi	Quincy	$3186
14 km or 8.6 mi	Stoneham	$2823
14 km or 8.9 mi	Waltham	$2870
15 km or 9.4 mi	Lynn	$2762
15 km or 9.5 mi	Woburn	$2714
16 km or 9.6 mi	Dedham	$2921
16 km or 10 mi	Needham	$2837
16 km or 10 mi	Lexington	$2771
16 km or 10 mi	Wakefield	$2808
18 km or 11 mi	Braintree	$2980
18 km or 11 mi	Weymouth	$2986
19 km or 12 mi	Reading	$2786
19 km or 12 mi	Hingham	$2939
20 km or 12 mi	Burlington	$2405
20 km or 13 mi	Wellesley	$2803
21 km or 13 mi	Norwood	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Peabody	$2859
22 km or 14 mi	Randolph	$2894
22 km or 14 mi	Salem	$3006
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmington	$2629
23 km or 14 mi	Marblehead	$2854
23 km or 14 mi	Canton	$2871
25 km or 16 mi	Natick	$2867
26 km or 16 mi	Stoughton	$2852

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423