Dushanbe vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$265	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$1829
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	35	93
😀 Quality of life	36	87
🏙️ Population	863K	1.38M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 60% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7600th and 3363rd ($605 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 1.2 months in Prague. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 7359th 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	$5.46	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120