Diyarbakir vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Diyarbakir	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$659	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1575	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$336	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$589	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$207	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$50	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$586	$150
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	35
😀 Quality of life	40	36
🏙️ Population	1.73M	863K

The cost of living in Diyarbakir is 9% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 7148th and 7600th ($659 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 49th and 7th in Turkey and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Turkey vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Diyarbakir compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Diyarbakir ranked 59th best city to live in Turkey vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 6933rd and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Diyarbakir vs Dushanbe

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	Diyarbakir	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.4	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.31	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.16	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$296	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$497	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.9	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.1	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.9	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	27.27%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$462	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$421	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.7	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.99	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.91	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.21	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.68	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.79	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.65	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.5	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.7	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4896	$13506

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Cities near Diyarbakir

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Cinar	$621
61 km or 38 mi	Derik	$606
79 km or 49 mi	Batman	$600
79 km or 49 mi	Mardin	$600
86 km or 54 mi	Viransehir	$603
111 km or 69 mi	Bingol	$589
120 km or 74 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
122 km or 76 mi	Elazig	$492
126 km or 78 mi	Nusaybin	$589
129 km or 80 mi	Qamishli	$457
143 km or 89 mi	Mus	$589
150 km or 93 mi	Siirt	$573
152 km or 95 mi	Urfa	$614
162 km or 101 mi	Al-Hasakah	$449
170 km or 106 mi	Akcakale	$587
173 km or 107 mi	Adiyaman	$644
173 km or 108 mi	Bitlis	$582
174 km or 108 mi	Malatya	$544
184 km or 115 mi	Cizre	$578
201 km or 125 mi	Sirnak	$574
214 km or 133 mi	Erzincan	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Sinjar	$672
232 km or 144 mi	Zakho	$688
237 km or 147 mi	Nizip	$581
240 km or 149 mi	Erzurum	$562
244 km or 151 mi	Raqqa	$462
261 km or 162 mi	Bayburt	$607
269 km or 167 mi	Gaziantep	$577
270 km or 168 mi	Duhok	$646
286 km or 177 mi	Van	$615
287 km or 178 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$468
291 km or 181 mi	Gumushane	$617
292 km or 181 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
306 km or 190 mi	Kilis	$570
308 km or 191 mi	Mosul	$597
310 km or 193 mi	Hakkari	$575
316 km or 197 mi	Agri	$553
333 km or 207 mi	Islahiye	$523
333 km or 207 mi	Aleppo	$509
346 km or 215 mi	Sivas	$948

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