Dushanbe vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$897
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$2189
🏠 One person rent	$316	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$866
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$81.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$614
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	35	26
😀 Quality of life	42	46
🏙️ Population	863K	8.97M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 21% less expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 7031st and 6243rd ($712 vs $897) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 15th 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 0.7 months in Ganzhou. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Ganzhou ranked 239th in China, while ranked 7474th and 6997th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Ganzhou

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	Dushanbe	Ganzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$3.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$708
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$1249
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$10.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$16.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$9.73
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$2112
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$1129
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$4.12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$19.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$4.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$5.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$5.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$76.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$7.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$8.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$48.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$599
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$7023

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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 Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$660
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$818
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$750
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$669
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$593
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$697
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$618
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$612
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$766
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$584
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$622
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$616
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$589
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$765
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$451
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$454
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$527
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$777
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$608
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$589
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$592
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$526
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$662
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$671
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$586
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$634
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$941
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$758
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$707
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$578
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$584
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$589
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$569
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$600
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$901
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$766
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$878