Dushanbe vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$1590
🏠 One person rent	$276	$255
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$507
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$550
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	46
😀 Quality of life	40	56
🏙️ Population	863K	1.25M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 7% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7313th and 7706th ($638 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 38th 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 10th in Russia, while ranked 7225th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	10.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$5.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$7.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$5.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$4.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$5368

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511