Dushanbe vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$2718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$6205
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1790
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$3191
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$230
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$1245
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	35	100
😀 Quality of life	42	83
🏙️ Population	863K	7.41M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 74% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 7031st and 532nd ($712 vs $2718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.5 months in Hong Kong. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 7474th and 548th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Hong Kong

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	Dushanbe	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$8.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$6.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$7.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$2068
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$1498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$3648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$2751
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$238
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$26310
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$16253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$3.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$25.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$19.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$75.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$65.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$1018
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$22102

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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 Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$878
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$662
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1746
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$518
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$662
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$608
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$829
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$758
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$941
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$589
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$827
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$766
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$777
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$816
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$892
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$579
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$454
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$669
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$809
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$765
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$773
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$780
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$766
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$897
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$750
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$726
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$697
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$707
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$677
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$693
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$901
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$546
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598