Dushanbe vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$290	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$188
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	35	29
😀 Quality of life	36	13
🏙️ Population	863K	4.27M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 12% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7107th and 7801st ($672 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tajikistan and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 7353rd and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Kabul

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	Dushanbe	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.63	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$1452

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487