Dushanbe vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$265	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$692
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	54
😀 Quality of life	36	60
🏙️ Population	863K	1.26M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 18% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 7600th and 6742nd ($605 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 21st in Tajikistan and Russia, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 7359th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Kazan

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	Dushanbe	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867