Dushanbe vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$316	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$721
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	46
😀 Quality of life	42	60
🏙️ Population	863K	1.2M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 19% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7031st and 6322nd ($712 vs $882) 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 7474th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758