Dushanbe vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$1981
🏠 One person rent	$316	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$718
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$73.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$976
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	35	29
😀 Quality of life	42	49
🏙️ Population	863K	6.17M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 8% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 7031st and 6772nd ($712 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 30th in Tajikistan and China, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Maoming ranked 141st in China, while ranked 7474th and 6717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Maoming

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	Dushanbe	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$3.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$42.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$4664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$2843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$2.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$9.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$424
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$16634

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$780
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$892
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$726
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$816
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$652
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$677
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$827
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$809
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$693
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$829
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$518
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$589
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1746
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$758
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$552
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$766
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$777
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$662
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$574
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$878
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2414
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$568
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$551
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$608
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$559
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$546
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$758
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$574
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$562
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$766
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$941