Dushanbe vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$316	$322
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$89.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$792
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	35	97
😀 Quality of life	42	75
🏙️ Population	863K	18.7M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 6% less expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 7031st and 6838th ($712 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 36th 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 months in Guangzhou. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 7474th and 2100th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Guangzhou

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	Dushanbe	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$410
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$9090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$3370
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$8.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$5.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$52.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$6.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$38.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$14783

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677