Dushanbe vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$316	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$598
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	35	42
😀 Quality of life	42	68
🏙️ Population	863K	1.08M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 2% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7031st and 6947th ($712 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 7474th and 4595th 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	$5.97	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525