Dushanbe vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$265	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$1772
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	35	43
😀 Quality of life	36	70
🏙️ Population	863K	1.42M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 45% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 7600th and 4892nd ($605 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Tajikistan and Oman, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 7359th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Muscat

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	Dushanbe	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$10296

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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 Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$967
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$780
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$585
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1239
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1844
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2240
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1494
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$605
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$518
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$515
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$829
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$514
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1779
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$547
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1709
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$464
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$548
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1223
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1280
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1243
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$442
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$809
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$589
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$1068
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$563
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1056
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$897
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$557
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$546
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$901
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$551