Dushanbe vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$265	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$718
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	35	7
😀 Quality of life	36	53
🏙️ Population	863K	77.6K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 36% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 7600th and 5827th ($605 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Tajikistan and Thailand, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 7359th and 6063rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Phuket

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	Dushanbe	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$13013

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810