Dushanbe vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$429
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$1025
🏠 One person rent	$290	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$173
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	35	63
😀 Quality of life	36	49
🏙️ Population	863K	14.9M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 57% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7107th and 8915th ($672 vs $429) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 0.4 months in Karachi. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 7353rd and 6242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Karachi

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	Dushanbe	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.63	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$141
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$96.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$307
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$97.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$9.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	21.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$338
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$4.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$5.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$3.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$52.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$42.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$1146

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548