Dushanbe vs Dusseldorf - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Dusseldorf
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1772
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$4419
🏠 One person rent	$265	$985
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1862
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$3209
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	92
😀 Quality of life	36	95
🏙️ Population	863K	631K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 66% less expensive than in Dusseldorf. Cities ranked 7600th and 2469th ($605 vs $1772) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 16th in Tajikistan and Germany, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.8 months in Dusseldorf. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Dusseldorf ranked 4th in Germany, while ranked 7359th and 27th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Dusseldorf

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	Dushanbe	Dusseldorf
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$65
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$4.58
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$930
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1883
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$170
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$39.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$6638
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$5584
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$52
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$27.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$6.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$6.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$41.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$55.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$92.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$95.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$721
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$21276

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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

Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1495
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1497
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1516
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1500
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1522
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1479
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1561
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1476
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1517
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1444
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1490
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1433
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1471
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1428
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1314
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1580
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1434
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1511
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1572
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1469
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1485
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1439
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1445
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1233
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1460
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1494
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1443
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1518
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1367
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1435
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1444
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1744