Dushanbe vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$265	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$218
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	35	30
😀 Quality of life	36	14
🏙️ Population	863K	4.27M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 28% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7600th and 8769th ($605 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 3rd 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 0.5 months in Kabul. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 7359th and 9071st 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	$5.46	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476