Dushanbe vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$1985
🏠 One person rent	$316	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$61.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$762
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	49
😀 Quality of life	42	63
🏙️ Population	863K	1.64M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 12% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 7031st and 6617th ($712 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th 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 Novosibirsk. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Novosibirsk ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 7474th and 5603rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Novosibirsk

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	Dushanbe	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$36.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$94.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$8.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	19.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$2370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$30.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$4627

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$802
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$708
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$679
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$659
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$649
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$745
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$530
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$529
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$510
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$548
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$761
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$786
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$837
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$486
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$544
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$520
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$575
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$767
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$685
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$525
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$472
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$618
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$909
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$675
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$544
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$518
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$577
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$583
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$680
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$559
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$521
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$537
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$681
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$527
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$762
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821