Brisbane vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$140
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	35
😀 Quality of life	98	42
🏙️ Population	2.71M	863K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 190% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1813th and 7031st ($2065 vs $712) 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 9th and 7474th 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	$14.4	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$7848

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393