Dushanbe vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$276	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$813
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	53
😀 Quality of life	40	53
🏙️ Population	863K	8.78M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 7% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 7313th and 6882nd ($638 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 102nd 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 7225th and 6124th 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	$4.75	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$19406

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083