Cologne vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cologne	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1851	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4479	$1801
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1819	$532
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3275	$155
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	35
😀 Quality of life	97	36
🏙️ Population	1.08M	863K

The cost of living in Cologne is 176% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2308th and 7107th ($1851 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1st 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 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 16th and 7353rd 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	$14	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2061	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44	$24.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4%	19.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6540	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5856	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.56	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$4.69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$8.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$6.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.37	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.82	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.7	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$822	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16860	$13630

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1610
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1947
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1636
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1529
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1638
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1576
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1557
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1593
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1577
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1647
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1620
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1563
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1634
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1586
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1612
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1580
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1606
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1566
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1582
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1572
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1530
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1594
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1765
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1578
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1652
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1564
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1493
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1558
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1569
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1531
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1567
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1415
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1571
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1453
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1550
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1566
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1527
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1548
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1542
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1861

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441