Dushanbe vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$265	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$744
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$439
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	71
😀 Quality of life	36	62
🏙️ Population	863K	8.44M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 6% less expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 7600th and 7236th ($605 vs $647) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Tajikistan and Vietnam, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.7 months in Hanoi. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 7359th and 4848th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Hanoi

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	Dushanbe	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$1.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$71.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	10.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$2965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$7.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$5.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$1.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$28.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$12394

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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 Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393