Dushanbe vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$2284
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	35	93
😀 Quality of life	42	89
🏙️ Population	863K	1.4M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 60% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7031st and 2821st ($712 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 1.3 months in Prague. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 7474th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284