Dushanbe vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dushanbe	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1811	$5636
🏠 One person rent	$401	$1360
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$2398
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.1	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$3514
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	88
😀 Quality of life	47	92
🏙️ Population	948K	488K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 66% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 6897th and 1307th ($773 vs $2295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th 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 1.5 months in Edinburgh. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Edinburgh ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6988th and 83rd 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	$4.86	$22.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$90
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$8.34
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$2.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$1471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$1081
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2686
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$1966
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$158
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.2	$245
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$43.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.96%	4.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$6647
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$705	$4795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$94.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$2.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$22.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$50.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.7	$1749
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6733	$25458

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1760
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1842
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1831
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1593
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2114
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1885
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1647
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1704
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1456
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1586
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1596
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1943
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1820
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1777
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1778
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1554
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1872
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2005
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1417
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1523
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1404
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1424
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1741
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1834
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1485
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1791
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2236
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820