Dushanbe vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$265	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$1546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	35	96
😀 Quality of life	36	74
🏙️ Population	863K	13.1M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 51% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7600th and 4359th ($605 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Tajikistan and Russia, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7359th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Moscow

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	Dushanbe	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592