Dresden vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$706	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$614
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$160
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	35
😀 Quality of life	92	46
🏙️ Population	566K	948K

The cost of living in Dresden is 108% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 3968th and 7063rd ($1531 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 1st in Germany and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 117th and 7083rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Dushanbe

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	Dresden	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$458
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	23.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$1189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$4.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$5.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$84.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$32.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$6746

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423