Changhua vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changhua	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2423	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$308	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$764	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.6	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1485	$150
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	83	35
😀 Quality of life	62	36
🏙️ Population	225K	863K

The cost of living in Changhua is 34% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 6385th and 7600th ($813 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 7th in Taiwan and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Changhua compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Changhua ranked 14th best city to live in Taiwan vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 4970th and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changhua vs Dushanbe

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	Changhua	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.44	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.77	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$891	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$628	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.7	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.08%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5666	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3781	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.3	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.34	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.35	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.82	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.37	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.7	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.25	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.3	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.3	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17014	$13506

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Cities near Changhua

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Taichung	$894
23 km or 14 mi	Nantou	$796
40 km or 25 mi	Douliu	$770
63 km or 39 mi	Miaoli	$728
66 km or 41 mi	Chiayi	$747
93 km or 58 mi	Hsinchu	$897
98 km or 61 mi	Zhubei	$821
111 km or 69 mi	Taoyuan	$875
126 km or 78 mi	Tainan	$814
140 km or 87 mi	New Taipei	$1073
145 km or 90 mi	Yilan	$731
149 km or 92 mi	Taipei	$1181
158 km or 98 mi	Taitung	$788
163 km or 101 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
170 km or 106 mi	Keelung	$967
215 km or 133 mi	Jinjiang	$627
217 km or 135 mi	Putian	$625
218 km or 136 mi	Quanzhou	$644
227 km or 141 mi	Kinmen	$823
253 km or 157 mi	Xiamen	$688
256 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
295 km or 183 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
307 km or 191 mi	Ningde	$648
368 km or 229 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
372 km or 231 mi	Nanping	$630
373 km or 231 mi	Longyan	$649
381 km or 237 mi	Sanming	$603
398 km or 248 mi	Shantou	$581
399 km or 248 mi	Chaozhou	$451
413 km or 257 mi	Rui'an	$681
428 km or 266 mi	Jieyang	$443
437 km or 272 mi	Wenzhou	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Meizhou	$655
452 km or 281 mi	Puning	$569
481 km or 299 mi	Wuyishan	$601
487 km or 302 mi	Wenling	$671
488 km or 303 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
491 km or 305 mi	Lishui	$682
536 km or 333 mi	Linhai	$661
550 km or 342 mi	Shangrao	$671

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