Brussels vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$150
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	35
😀 Quality of life	89	36
🏙️ Population	196K	863K

The cost of living in Brussels is 200% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2354th and 7600th ($1816 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Belgium and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 190th and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Dushanbe

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	Brussels	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$13506

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

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