Dhaka vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dhaka	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$464	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1123	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$141	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$140
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	73	35
😀 Quality of life	57	42
🏙️ Population	16.8M	863K

The cost of living in Dhaka is 35% less expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 8829th and 7031st ($464 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bangladesh and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dhaka compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 6151st and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dhaka vs Dushanbe infographic

Share this infographic!

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

Prices in Dhaka vs Dushanbe

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

	Dhaka	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.14	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.2	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.09	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$149	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$95.5	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.7	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.1	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.01%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$939	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$535	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.36	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.6	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.15	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.88	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.7	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.15	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.2	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$57.7	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1844	$7848

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$352
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$362
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$312
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$282
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$301
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$300
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$287
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$321
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$286
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$294
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$320
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$312
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$313
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$328
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$317
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$315
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$320
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$297
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$456
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$320
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$327
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$335
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$312
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$318
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$323
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$366
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$332
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$308
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$354
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$333
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$302

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