Dushanbe vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$622
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$316	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$216
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$704
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	35	43
😀 Quality of life	42	49
🏙️ Population	863K	6.65M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 15% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 7031st and 7637th ($712 vs $622) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 136th 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 Hengyang. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Hengyang ranked 143rd in China, while ranked 7474th and 6726th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Hengyang

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	Dushanbe	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$2.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$16.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$280
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$203
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$36.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$2989
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$2356
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$2.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$25.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$85.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$63.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$317
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$7438

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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 Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$584
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$634
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$527
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$603
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$584
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$564
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$750
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$612
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$592
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$569
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$765
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$660
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$487
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$897
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$571
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$595
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$546
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$766
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$572
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$511
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$547
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$537
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$587
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$590
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$568
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$777
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$625
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$548
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$526
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$596
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$589
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599