Dushanbe vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dushanbe	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1811	$6242
🏠 One person rent	$401	$1414
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$2478
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$607
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.1	$361
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4489
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	35	100
😀 Quality of life	47	100
🏙️ Population	948K	5.35M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 70% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 6897th and 829th ($773 vs $2543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Tajikistan and Australia, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.8 months in Melbourne. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 6988th and 1st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Melbourne

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	Dushanbe	Melbourne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$67.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$9.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$3.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$1557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$1162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$2092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.2	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$51.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.96%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$6978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$705	$6027
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$140
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$9.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$3.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$5.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$5.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$3.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$55.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$56.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$28
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.7	$2326
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6733	$22313

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1834
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1813
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1913
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1933
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1896
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1915
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1936
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2179
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1606
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$2000
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1816
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1868
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1825
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1728
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2258
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1905
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1795
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2364
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1460
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1701
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2355
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1709
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1855
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2481
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2040
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2354
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1995
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1273
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132