Brisbane vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$150
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	35
😀 Quality of life	97	36
🏙️ Population	2.71M	863K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 233% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1792nd and 7600th ($2016 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 7th 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 4th best city to live in Australia vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 7th and 7359th 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	$13.3	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$13506

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366