Doha vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$150
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	35
😀 Quality of life	80	36
🏙️ Population	1.19M	863K

The cost of living in Doha is 194% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2449th and 7600th ($1779 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Qatar and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Qatar vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 562nd and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Dushanbe

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	Doha	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$13506

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904

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