Dushanbe vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$2058
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$4930
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$3074
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	94
😀 Quality of life	42	95
🏙️ Population	863K	626K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 65% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 7031st and 1833rd ($712 vs $2058) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 Glasgow. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7474th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Glasgow

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	Dushanbe	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$96.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$6.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$4.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$2085
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1575
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	4.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$4064
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$3045
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$9.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$21.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$85.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$118
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$1138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$18105

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429