Dushanbe vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$265	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$553
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	35	43
😀 Quality of life	36	64
🏙️ Population	863K	1.08M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 21% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7600th and 6565th ($605 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 3rd 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 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 7359th and 4554th 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	$5.46	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512