Dushanbe vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dushanbe	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1767	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$355	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$614	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$160	$3974
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	46	96
🏙️ Population	948K	2.11M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 70% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7063rd and 916th ($735 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tajikistan and France, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 7083rd and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Paris

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	Dushanbe	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.63	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$828	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.22%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$644	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.21	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.33	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.1	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.6	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.7	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6746	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544