Dushanbe vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$265	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$245
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	76
😀 Quality of life	36	55
🏙️ Population	863K	1.59M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 18% less expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 7600th and 6734th ($605 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 5th in Tajikistan and Iran, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 7359th and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Karaj

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	Dushanbe	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$823

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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 Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$688
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$684
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$698
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$693
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$698
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$645
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$788
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$714
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$681
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$680
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$665
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$651
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$618
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$574
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$488
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$557
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$458
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$552
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$534
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$658
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$562
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$580
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$455
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$466
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$443
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$469
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$505
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$685
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$554