Dushanbe vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$265	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$754
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	95
😀 Quality of life	36	70
🏙️ Population	863K	9.5M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 1% less expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 7600th and 7543rd ($605 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 199th in Tajikistan and China, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.2 months in Foshan. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 7359th and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Foshan

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	Dushanbe	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$18096

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642