Calgary vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$614
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$160
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	53	35
😀 Quality of life	90	46
🏙️ Population	1.31M	948K

The cost of living in Calgary is 188% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1716th and 7063rd ($2118 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 1st in Canada and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Canada vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 209th and 7083rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Dushanbe

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	Calgary	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$458
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	23.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$1189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$4.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$3.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$84.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$32.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$6746

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423