Dushanbe vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1170
🏠 One person rent	$265	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$156
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$34.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$261
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	35	69
😀 Quality of life	36	49
🏙️ Population	863K	1.01M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 37% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 7600th and 8870th ($605 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Tajikistan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.6 months in Islamabad. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 7359th and 6313th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Islamabad

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	Dushanbe	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$17.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$94.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$514
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$69.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	20.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1142
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$682
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$6.78
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$2.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$1.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$1.71
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$19.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$85.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$64.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$2961

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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 Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369