Dushanbe vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dushanbe	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$3420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1811	$7800
🏠 One person rent	$401	$2177
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$3742
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$761
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.1	$263
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4482
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	47	93
🏙️ Population	948K	3.9M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 77% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 6897th and 62nd ($773 vs $3420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th in Tajikistan and the United States, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.3 months in Los Angeles. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 6988th and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Los Angeles

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	Dushanbe	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$22.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$104
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$8.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$6.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$2356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$1856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$4109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$3268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.2	$236
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$69.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.96%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$8186
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$705	$7185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$95.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$4.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$6.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$5.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$5.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$5.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$2.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$70.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$164
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$29.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.7	$1748
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6733	$23685

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2888
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2868
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2786
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$3031
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$3020
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2866
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3184
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3055
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2826
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2867
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3717
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3066
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2880
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2868
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3054
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3802
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3369
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2766
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3179
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2849
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2793
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3076
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2858
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3243
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3020
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2694
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3654
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2835
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$3000