Dushanbe vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$265	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$647
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	46
😀 Quality of life	36	55
🏙️ Population	863K	1.2M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 16% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7600th and 6811th ($605 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 24th 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 15th in Russia, while ranked 7359th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Dushanbe	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$4568

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557