Dushanbe vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$339
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$828
🏠 One person rent	$316	$113
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$190
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$141
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$47.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$352
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	63
😀 Quality of life	42	57
🏙️ Population	863K	3.38M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 110% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 7031st and 9112th ($712 vs $339) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 85th 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 months in Lucknow. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Lucknow ranked 29th in India, while ranked 7474th and 6127th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$3.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$70.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$25.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$38.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$7.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	8.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$1253
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$5.66
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$3.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$0.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$17.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$2.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$39.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$43.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$1151

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$320
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$279
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$290
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$276
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$273
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$329
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$345
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$388
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$301
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$304
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$290
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$293
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$328
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$350
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$437
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$293
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$489
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$296
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$514
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$260
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$320
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$427
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$270
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$297
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$388
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$334
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$248
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$293