Bucharest vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bucharest	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2864	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$525	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$907	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1391	$140
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	77	35
😀 Quality of life	81	42
🏙️ Population	1.72M	863K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 57% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4913th and 7031st ($1116 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Romania and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Romania vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 646th and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Dushanbe

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	Bucharest	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.27	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.33	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.28%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3651	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2102	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.02	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.39	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.8	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.84	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.8	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.4	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.7	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$664	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$7848

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$970
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$910
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$885
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$777
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$802
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$692
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$857
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$775
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$762
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$873
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$675
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$681
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1056
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$752
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$835
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$667
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$789
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$898
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$909
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$643
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$895
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$591
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1039
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1024
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1103
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$805
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$703
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$854
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$926
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$797
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$706
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$848
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$766
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$724
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$668
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$749

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