Dushanbe vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$265	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$57.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$179
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	35	69
😀 Quality of life	36	46
🏙️ Population	863K	11.1M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 47% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 7600th and 8934th ($605 vs $411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 4th 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 0.4 months in Lahore. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 7359th and 6486th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Lahore

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	Dushanbe	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$102
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$74.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	19.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$5.75
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$5.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$3.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$0.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$1.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$13
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$15
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$37.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$1172

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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 Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346