Dushanbe vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$4051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$8925
🏠 One person rent	$290	$2620
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$4454
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$807
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$399
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$5777
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	100
😀 Quality of life	36	97
🏙️ Population	863K	8.8M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 83% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 7107th and 5th ($672 vs $4051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Tajikistan and the United States, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.4 months in New York City. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 7353rd and 13th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs New York City

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	Dushanbe	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.63	$24.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$111
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$9.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$6.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$3.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$2702
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$2361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$5005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$3996
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$69.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	6.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$19111
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$3215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$138
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$27.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$6.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$5.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$5.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$5.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$3.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$17.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$10
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$7.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$144
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$19.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$156
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$25.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$1717
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$20585

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108