Dushanbe vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$265	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$893
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	54
😀 Quality of life	36	66
🏙️ Population	863K	8.78M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 6% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 7600th and 7256th ($605 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 118th 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 34th in China, while ranked 7359th and 4015th 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	$5.46	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936