Dushanbe vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dushanbe	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1767	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$355	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$614	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$160	$2307
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	35	93
😀 Quality of life	46	89
🏙️ Population	948K	1.4M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 62% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7063rd and 2387th ($735 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tajikistan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 7083rd and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Prague

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	Dushanbe	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.63	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$828	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.22%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$644	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.21	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.33	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.1	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.6	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.7	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6746	$17389

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383