Dushanbe vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$985
🏠 One person rent	$265	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$441
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	62
😀 Quality of life	36	52
🏙️ Population	863K	3.38M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 65% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 7600th and 9042nd ($605 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 56th 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 1.2 months in Lucknow. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 7359th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Lucknow

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	Dushanbe	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.51
🥤 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	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$1654

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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 Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$315
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$314
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$297
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$288
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$329
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$308
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$328
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$368
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$353
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$296
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$307
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$283
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$309
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$391
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$321
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$342
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$368
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$386
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$425
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$294
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$510
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$278
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$536
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$289
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$316
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$341
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$349
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$419
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$274
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$299
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$372
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$283
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$331
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$265
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$292