Dushanbe vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$265	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$686
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	35	61
😀 Quality of life	36	67
🏙️ Population	863K	1.99M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 17% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 7600th and 6769th ($605 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Tajikistan and Belarus, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 7359th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Minsk

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	Dushanbe	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$10220

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850