Cologne vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cologne	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1752	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4185	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$967	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1672	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$477	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$25.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3141	$154
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	35
😀 Quality of life	96	40
🏙️ Population	1.07M	863K

The cost of living in Cologne is 175% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2484th and 7313th ($1752 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 8th in Germany and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Cologne ranked 1st best city to live in Germany vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 12th and 7225th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Dushanbe

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	Cologne	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.9	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$925	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1272	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$39
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$246	$60.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.69%	18.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5594	$857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3486	$488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.41	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.2	$4.53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$3.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.27	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$3.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$6.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.32	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.18	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.9	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.7	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.4	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$61
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16182	$13332

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1520
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1778
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1542
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1468
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1551
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1500
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1490
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1515
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1499
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1575
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1547
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1562
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1512
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1556
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1501
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1516
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1498
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1505
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1504
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1462
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1520
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1593
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1501
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1484
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1388
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1458
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1484
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1488
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1276
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1493
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1516
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1489
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1476
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1432
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1478
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1506
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1776

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423