Dushanbe vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$265	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$1264
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	80
😀 Quality of life	36	83
🏙️ Population	863K	2.73M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 37% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 7600th and 5750th ($605 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 4th 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 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 7359th and 417th 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	$5.46	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$10905

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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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601