Dushanbe vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$3732
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	42	97
🏙️ Population	863K	2.15M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 72% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7031st and 843rd ($712 vs $2517) 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 1.5 months in Paris. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 7474th and 18th 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	$5.97	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488