Dushanbe vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$265	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$487
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	35	66
😀 Quality of life	36	65
🏙️ Population	863K	9.39M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 18% less expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 7600th and 6739th ($605 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st 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 Ho Chi Minh. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 7359th and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Dushanbe	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$14143

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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 Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$530
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$425
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$494
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$678
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$454
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$514
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$507
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$526
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$504
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$516
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$531
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$634
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$535
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$644
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$516
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$573
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$677
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$427
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$685
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$584
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$593
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$393
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$752
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$781
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588