Dushanbe vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$2769
🏠 One person rent	$276	$500
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$981
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$2205
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	35	100
😀 Quality of life	40	80
🏙️ Population	863K	593K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 39% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 7313th and 4965th ($638 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 183rd in Tajikistan and Japan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 2.1 months in Kawaguchi. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Kawaguchi ranked 19th in Japan, while ranked 7225th and 446th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Kawaguchi

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	Dushanbe	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$3.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$484
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$708
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	1.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$5296
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$3256
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$51.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$25.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$9.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$5.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$5.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$4.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$46
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$39.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$57.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$13821

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$988
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1071
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1063
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1045
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1133
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1052
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1041
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1009
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1556
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1049
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1053
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1051
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1057
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1143
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1031
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1068
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1052
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1058
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1101
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1063
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$985
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1035
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1069
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1136
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1102
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1043
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1099
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1067
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1037
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1078