Dushanbe vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$290	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$361
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	60
😀 Quality of life	36	56
🏙️ Population	863K	1.42M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 33% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7107th and 8657th ($672 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Tajikistan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 7353rd and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Kharkiv

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	Dushanbe	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.63	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$2513

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529