Dushanbe vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$1061
🏠 One person rent	$290	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$314
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$68.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$419
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	62
😀 Quality of life	36	51
🏙️ Population	863K	3.38M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 71% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 7107th and 8996th ($672 vs $393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in Tajikistan and India, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.1 months in Lucknow. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Lucknow ranked 26th in India, while ranked 7353rd and 6126th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.63	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$11.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$3.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$1.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$139
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$82.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$47.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$6.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	8.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$1781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$2.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$4.47
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$24.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$2.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$32.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$51.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$65.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$1788

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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 Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$329
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$461
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$396
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$331
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$299
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$379
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$306
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$365
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$316
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$339
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$373
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$360
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$319
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$325
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$377
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$335
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$351
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$391
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$445
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$311
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$505
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$285
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$533
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$303
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$356
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$443
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$275
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$337
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$375
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$284
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$337
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$280
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$321