Dushanbe vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$276	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$1496
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	95
😀 Quality of life	40	88
🏙️ Population	863K	4.36M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 37% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7313th and 5229th ($638 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 2nd in Tajikistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 7225th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs New Taipei

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	Dushanbe	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$11035

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589