Dushanbe vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$352
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$857
🏠 One person rent	$276	$137
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$259
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$134
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$175
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	35	48
😀 Quality of life	40	42
🏙️ Population	863K	1.97M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 81% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 7313th and 9085th ($638 vs $352) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 5th in Tajikistan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Peshawar ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 7225th and 6943rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Peshawar

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	Dushanbe	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$2.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$89.6
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$56.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$237
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$62.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$96.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	23.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$183
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$152
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$5.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$4.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$3.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$1.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$0.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$9.11
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$4.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$2.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$11.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$34.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$31.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$457

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$307
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$335
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$347
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$238
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$389
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$449
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$567
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$278
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$330
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$281
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$277
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$455
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$344
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$303
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$393
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$364
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$289
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$240
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$298
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$337
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$268
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$399
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$260
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$386
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$445
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$290
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$508
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$328
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$307
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$399
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$338
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$394
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632