Bratislava vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bratislava	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1269	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2998	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$697	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1124	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.9	$25.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1442	$154
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	35
😀 Quality of life	79	40
🏙️ Population	476K	863K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 99% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4266th and 7313th ($1269 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 8th in Slovakia and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 487th and 7225th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Dushanbe

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	Bratislava	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.65	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.5	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.43	$9.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.76	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1195	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$821	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$39
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$60.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.41%	18.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5290	$857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3780	$488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.19	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.9	$4.53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$3.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$3.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$6.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.32	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.44	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.9	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$74	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$61
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$596	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$13332

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1197
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$797
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1073
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1854
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1602
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1621
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$829
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$765
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1663
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$946
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$901
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1325
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1125
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$988
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1013
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1045
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1020
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$747
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1149
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$898
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1535
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$995
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$857
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1543
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1158
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1033
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1005
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$852
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$888
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$780
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1089
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$762
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1084
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1085
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$916
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1011
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$873
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1476
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1229
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$824

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423