Dushanbe vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$590
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$265	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$311
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$729
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	35	44
😀 Quality of life	36	43
🏙️ Population	863K	6.65M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 2% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 7600th and 7767th ($605 vs $590) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 276th 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 1.2 months in Hengyang. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Hengyang ranked 140th in China, while ranked 7359th and 6669th 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	$5.46	$2.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$243
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$517
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$23
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$34.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$3292
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$3135
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$3.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$3.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$24.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$83.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$67.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$8454

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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 Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$579
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$609
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$582
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$592
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$553
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$724
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$577
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$570
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$586
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$590
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$755
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$600
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$480
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$761
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$579
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$596
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$522
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$758
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$569
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$533
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$591
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$573
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$794
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$635
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$556
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$506
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$585
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600