Dushanbe vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$316	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$889
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	53
😀 Quality of life	42	70
🏙️ Population	863K	8.78M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 15% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 7031st and 7641st ($712 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 138th in Tajikistan and China, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 7474th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Quanzhou

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	Dushanbe	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941