Dushanbe vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$2140
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$5387
🏠 One person rent	$265	$1269
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$2336
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$3522
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	88
😀 Quality of life	36	94
🏙️ Population	863K	488K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 72% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 7600th and 1491st ($605 vs $2140) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 36th in Tajikistan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Edinburgh ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7359th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Edinburgh

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	Dushanbe	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$1331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$970
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$2573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	5.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$6219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$4199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$3.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$1772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$21911

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692