Dushanbe vs Dusseldorf - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Dusseldorf
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$4769
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1090
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$553
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$178
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$3937
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	92
😀 Quality of life	42	96
🏙️ Population	863K	631K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 64% less expensive than in Dusseldorf. Cities ranked 7031st and 2065th ($712 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th 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 2 months in Dusseldorf. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Dusseldorf ranked 3rd in Germany, while ranked 7474th and 25th 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	$5.97	$17.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$5.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1139
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$859
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$41.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$7326
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$6067
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$64.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$29.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$9.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$46.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$60.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$789
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$23360

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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

Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1650
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1631
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1661
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1645
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1613
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1711
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1616
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1740
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1645
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1567
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1727
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1626
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1634
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1574
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1659
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1708
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1596
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1555
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1340
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1543
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1651
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1741
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$2037
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1525
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1544
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1488
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1586
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1608
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1650
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1516
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1678
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1630
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1474
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1552
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1547
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1968