Brussels vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$25.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$154
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	35
😀 Quality of life	89	40
🏙️ Population	189K	863K

The cost of living in Brussels is 193% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2147th and 7313th ($1869 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th 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 148th and 7225th 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	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$39
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$60.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	18.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$4.53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$3.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$3.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$6.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$61
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$13332

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1652
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1743
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1648
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1825
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1567
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1645
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1544
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1630
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1619
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1553
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1581
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1678
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1618
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1563
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1568
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1533
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1484
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1539
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1536
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1536
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1511
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1596
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1631
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1570
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1650

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423