Calgary vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$140
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	53	35
😀 Quality of life	91	42
🏙️ Population	1.31M	863K

The cost of living in Calgary is 192% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1781st and 7031st ($2079 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Canada and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Canada vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 160th and 7474th 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	$16.7	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$7848

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887

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