Dushanbe vs Dusseldorf - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dushanbe	Dusseldorf
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$1913
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1811	$4660
🏠 One person rent	$401	$1048
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$536
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.1	$178
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$3858
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	92
😀 Quality of life	47	94
🏙️ Population	948K	631K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 60% less expensive than in Dusseldorf. Cities ranked 6897th and 2319th ($773 vs $1913) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 30th 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 4th in Germany, while ranked 6988th and 26th 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	$4.86	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$1061
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$795
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1892
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$1453
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.2	$242
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.96%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$9744
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$705	$5208
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$4.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$25.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$9.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$6.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.7	$1041
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6733	$20776

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438

Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1685
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1637
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1653
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1658
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1673
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1699
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1611
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1713
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1662
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1588
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1716
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1594
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1633
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1605
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1652
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1696
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1580
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1580
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1507
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1698
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1657
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1726
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1972
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1613
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1636
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1544
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1564
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1547
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1584
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1617
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1653
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1519
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1667
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1631
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1468
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1563
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1552
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1941