Dushanbe vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1726
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$4209
🏠 One person rent	$265	$892
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1501
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$2695
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	35	82
😀 Quality of life	36	91
🏙️ Population	863K	548K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 65% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 7600th and 2608th ($605 vs $1726) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 35th in Tajikistan and Germany, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Hanover ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 7359th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Hanover

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	Dushanbe	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$73.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$616
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1546
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1063
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$48.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$4316
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$2823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$30
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$8.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$89.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$406
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$26877

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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 Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1599
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1595
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1585
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1590
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1587
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1551
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1544
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1532
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1564
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1558
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1559
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1560
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1466
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1458
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1530
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1549
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1498
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1460
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1512
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1407
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1371
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1482
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1411
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1371
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1401
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1417
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1517
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1515
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1418
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1469
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1431
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1558
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1352
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1442
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1423
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1420
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1421