Dushanbe vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$4556
🏠 One person rent	$276	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1870
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$2742
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	91
😀 Quality of life	40	91
🏙️ Population	863K	548K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 68% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 7313th and 1798th ($638 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 57th in Tajikistan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Manchester ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7225th and 110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Manchester

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	Dushanbe	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$1274
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$2104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$1386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$5073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$5.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$82.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$1559
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$13845

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629