Dushanbe vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$276	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$1208
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	35	96
😀 Quality of life	40	73
🏙️ Population	863K	12.5M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 37% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7313th and 5167th ($638 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 7225th and 1608th 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	$4.75	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$10868

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517