Dushanbe vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$265	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$179
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	35	63
😀 Quality of life	36	50
🏙️ Population	863K	14.9M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 37% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7600th and 8872nd ($605 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 7359th and 6253rd 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	$5.46	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$1405

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552