Dushanbe vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$265	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$991
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	35	93
😀 Quality of life	36	66
🏙️ Population	863K	9.37M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 3% less expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 7600th and 7405th ($605 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 7359th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Hefei

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	Dushanbe	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665