Dushanbe vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$3619
🏠 One person rent	$276	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1662
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$1671
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	35	92
😀 Quality of life	40	85
🏙️ Population	863K	1.36M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 58% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7313th and 3308th ($638 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 1.1 months in Prague. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 7225th and 273rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$8.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$8.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$926
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$1265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$7359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$5167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$6.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$11372

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002