Budapest vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$553	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$150
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	35
😀 Quality of life	79	36
🏙️ Population	1.69M	863K

The cost of living in Budapest is 83% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4777th and 7600th ($1109 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Hungary and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Hungary vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 618th and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Dushanbe

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	Budapest	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$13506

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039

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