Dushanbe vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$265	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$2738
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	35	72
😀 Quality of life	36	92
🏙️ Population	863K	620K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 60% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 7600th and 3353rd ($605 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 271st in Tajikistan and Germany, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 7359th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307