Dushanbe vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dushanbe	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$2331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1767	$5693
🏠 One person rent	$355	$1375
🏘️ Family rent	$614	$2392
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$609
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$160	$3706
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	88
😀 Quality of life	46	93
🏙️ Population	948K	488K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 68% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 7063rd and 1221st ($735 vs $2331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 37th 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 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7083rd and 77th 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	$5.32	$22.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$91.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.63	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$8.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$1465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1087
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$828	$2613
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1964
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$170
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$256
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.22%	4.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$6800
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$644	$4921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$96.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$23.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.09
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$2.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.21	$21.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.33	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.1	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.6	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.7	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$1708
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6746	$26404

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1784
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1862
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1852
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1656
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1854
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1585
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2121
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1906
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1645
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1707
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1490
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1588
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1655
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1975
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1827
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1573
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1964
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2053
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1415
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1540
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1430
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1450
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1727
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1873
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1496
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2265
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892