Brisbane vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$1811
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$401
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$37.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	35
😀 Quality of life	97	47
🏙️ Population	2.71M	948K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 200% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1241st and 6897th ($2323 vs $773) 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 6988th 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	$15.8	$4.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$15.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$873
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$53.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$17.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	22.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$1272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$4.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$43
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$33.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$79.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$6733

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438