Dushanbe vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$416
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$962
🏠 One person rent	$316	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$264
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$160
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$42.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$156
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	35	68
😀 Quality of life	42	50
🏙️ Population	863K	2.1M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 71% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 7031st and 8945th ($712 vs $416) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Tajikistan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Rawalpindi ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 7474th and 6592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Rawalpindi

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	Dushanbe	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$1.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$5.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$1.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$138
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$63.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$249
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$114
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$17.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	21.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$464
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$9.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$1.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$1.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$0.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$0.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$8.86
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$3.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$2.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$12.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$43.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$764

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$443
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$344
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$277
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$354
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$265
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$351
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$320
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$364
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$334
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$376
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$363
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$311
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$302
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$372
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$316
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$333
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$427
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$354
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$294
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$351
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$303
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$380
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$350
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$393
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$291
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$337
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$401
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$458
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$362
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$347
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$421
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$403
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$396
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$373
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$270