Brisbane vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$614
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$160
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	35
😀 Quality of life	98	46
🏙️ Population	2.71M	948K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 209% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1349th and 7063rd ($2269 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 3rd and 7083rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Dushanbe

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	Brisbane	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$458
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	23.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$1189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$4.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$3.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$84.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$32.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$6746

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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