Bratislava vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$1801
🏠 One person rent	$719	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$532
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$155
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	35
😀 Quality of life	80	36
🏙️ Population	476K	863K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 95% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4319th and 7107th ($1307 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Slovakia and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 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 506th and 7353rd 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	$10.1	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$9.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$24.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	19.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$4.69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$8.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$6.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$13630

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1197
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1965
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1772
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$788
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$860
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$989
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1062
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1051
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1067
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$789
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1150
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$898
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1136
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$910
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1344
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1220
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$883
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$952
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1065
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1137
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1195
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$938
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1211
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$876
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1574
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$849

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