Copenhagen vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$140
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	35
😀 Quality of life	98	42
🏙️ Population	667K	863K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 265% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 713th and 7031st ($2601 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 10th and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Dushanbe

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	Copenhagen	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.6	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$7848

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678

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