Dushanbe vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$1002
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$2658
🏠 One person rent	$316	$370
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$420
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$80.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$1313
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	80
😀 Quality of life	42	85
🏙️ Population	863K	2.73M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 29% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 7031st and 5567th ($712 vs $1002) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Tajikistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 7474th and 461st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Kaohsiung

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	Dushanbe	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$3.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$5.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$47.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$72.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$28.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	2.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$4822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$3194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$14.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$8.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$3.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$8.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$7.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$4.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$9.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$71.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$446
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$12260

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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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$894
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$854
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$914
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$894
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$894
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$914
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$1006
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$695
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$993
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$868
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$802
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$901
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1135
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$615
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$707
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$621
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1030
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$634
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$454
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$628
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$451
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$579
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$697
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$628
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$669
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$616
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$671
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$941
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$700
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$415
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$766
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$753
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$608
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$600