Dushanbe vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dushanbe	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1767	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$355	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$614	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$160	$690
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	35	45
😀 Quality of life	46	68
🏙️ Population	948K	1.08M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 0.4% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7063rd and 7085th ($735 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 7083rd and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Nur-Sultan

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	Dushanbe	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.63	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$828	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.22%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$644	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.21	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.33	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.6	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.7	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6746	$6043

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537