Dushanbe vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$265	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$3146
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	36	95
🏙️ Population	863K	2.15M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 73% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7600th and 1222nd ($605 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 1.4 months in Paris. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 7359th and 25th 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	$5.46	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293