Dushanbe vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$2310
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$5713
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1359
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$2393
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$3676
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	88
😀 Quality of life	42	95
🏙️ Population	863K	488K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 69% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 7031st and 1247th ($712 vs $2310) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd 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 5th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7474th and 59th 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	$5.97	$21.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$8.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$2.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$2488
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$300
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	5.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$6892
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$4820
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$3.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$15.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$1932
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$23184

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808