Copenhagen vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$150
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	35
😀 Quality of life	97	36
🏙️ Population	644K	863K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 286% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 1085th and 7600th ($2333 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th 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 7359th 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	$18.8	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$13506

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452

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