Dushanbe vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$316	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$132
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	35	63
😀 Quality of life	42	54
🏙️ Population	863K	14.9M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 66% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7031st and 8915th ($712 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 0.3 months in Karachi. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 7474th and 6371st 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	$5.97	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$1491

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558