Dushanbe vs Multan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Multan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$392
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1005
🏠 One person rent	$265	$140
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$304
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$173
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$39.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$197
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	0 km
🎓 Higher education	35	29
😀 Quality of life	36	21
🏙️ Population	863K	1.87M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 54% more expensive than in Multan. Cities ranked 7600th and 8975th ($605 vs $392) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 7th in Tajikistan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.5 months in Multan. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Multan ranked 15th in Pakistan, while ranked 7359th and 8811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Multan

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	Dushanbe	Multan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$2.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$6.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$67.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$256
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$52.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	17.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1478
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$654
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$7.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$6.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$3.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$1.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$14.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$2.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$8.01
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$2.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$15.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$69.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$1778

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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 Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$361
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$356
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$292
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$342
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$300
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$306
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$389
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$458
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$297
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$411
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$308
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$325
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$383
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$373
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$339
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$379
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$281
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$354
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$358
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$442
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$346
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$266
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$338
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$287
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$441
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$251
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$366
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$366
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$350