Dushanbe vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$809
🏠 One person rent	$316	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$113
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	35	47
😀 Quality of life	42	43
🏙️ Population	863K	1.97M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 113% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 7031st and 9121st ($712 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st 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 0.3 months in Peshawar. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 7474th and 7430th 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	$5.97	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$2261

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684