Dushanbe vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$2298
🏠 One person rent	$316	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$90.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$882
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	35	91
😀 Quality of life	42	72
🏙️ Population	863K	11.9M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 14% less expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 7031st and 6563rd ($712 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th 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 1.1 months in Hangzhou. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Hangzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 7474th and 2980th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Hangzhou

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	Dushanbe	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$3.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$855
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$498
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$55.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$7830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$4289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$6.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$7.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$4.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$28925

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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 Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753