Dushanbe vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$3954
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	35	90
😀 Quality of life	42	94
🏙️ Population	863K	1.51M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 71% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7031st and 920th ($712 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tajikistan and Germany, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 7474th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Munich

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	Dushanbe	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$14492

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730