Dushanbe vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dushanbe	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1811	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$401	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.1	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$928
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	48
😀 Quality of life	47	63
🏙️ Population	948K	1.2M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 26% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6897th and 5192nd ($773 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Tajikistan and Russia, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 6988th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.2	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.96%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$705	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.7	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6733	$5021

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873