Dushanbe vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$265	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$1263
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	35	7
😀 Quality of life	36	62
🏙️ Population	863K	133K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 54% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7600th and 4205th ($605 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Tajikistan and Maldives, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1 months in Male. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 7359th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Male

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	Dushanbe	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$3201

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360