Detroit vs Dhaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Detroit	Dhaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$478
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5001	$1155
🏠 One person rent	$1144	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$1987	$256
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$209
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3437	$238
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	77	76
😀 Quality of life	87	58
🏙️ Population	639K	16.8M

The cost of living in Detroit is 333% more expensive than in Dhaka. Cities ranked 1839th and 8770th ($2070 vs $478) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1457th and 1st in the United States and Bangladesh, respectively. Check the United States vs Bangladesh comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Detroit compared to 0.5 months in Dhaka. Detroit ranked 98th best city to live in the United States vs Dhaka ranked 1st in Bangladesh, while ranked 319th and 6105th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/detroit/dhaka.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Detroit vs Dhaka infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/detroit/dhaka" target="_blank">Detroit vs Dhaka - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Detroit vs Dhaka

Prices for goods and services in Detroit and Dhaka are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Detroit	Dhaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.9	$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.5	$12.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.45	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$2.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1370	$166
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2423	$300
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1539	$181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$25.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$40
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.5	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	10.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1855	$1249
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1282	$700
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.3	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.61	$0.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$8.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$6.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$4.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$3.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.6	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.7	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.8	$17
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$47
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1375	$77.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16262	$2391

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1927
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$1951
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$1984
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1926
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$1976
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$1928
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1740
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$1837
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$1924
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1683
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$1921
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1895
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$1938
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$1943
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$1891
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2031
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$1820
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$1888
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$1951
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1781
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1881
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$1994
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1730
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1917
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$2031
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$1961
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$1883
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2007
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2156
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$1958
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2307
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1857
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1702
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2324
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1791
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1622
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1665
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1961
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1600

Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$357
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$329
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$342
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$321
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$278
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$287
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$326
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$297
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$289
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$327
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$285
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$288
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$319
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$311
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$311
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$327
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$318
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$314
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$288
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$435
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$321
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$326
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$333
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$313
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$319
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$321
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$362
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$331
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$307
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$336
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$328
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$296