Dushanbe vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dushanbe	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1811	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$401	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.1	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$3694
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	47	94
🏙️ Population	948K	2.1M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 69% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6897th and 964th ($773 vs $2460) 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 6988th and 34th 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	$4.86	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.2	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.96%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$705	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.7	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6733	$19577

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506