Dushanbe vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dushanbe	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$3322
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1767	$6846
🏠 One person rent	$355	$2058
🏘️ Family rent	$614	$3020
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$916
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$160	$4546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	35	52
😀 Quality of life	46	89
🏙️ Population	948K	139K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 78% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 7063rd and 86th ($735 vs $3322) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tajikistan and Iceland, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 7083rd and 268th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Reykjavik

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	Dushanbe	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$28.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$90.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.63	$20.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$6.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$2151
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1861
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$828	$3373
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$2721
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$81.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$87.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.22%	8.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$7832
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$644	$6385
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$5.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$87.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$2.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$4.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$6.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$19.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$44.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$5.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$24.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$3.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.21	$14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$5.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$5.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$95.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.33	$18.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.1	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$46.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.6	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.7	$176
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6746	$30361

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3219
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3212
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2621
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2974
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2066
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2053
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1540
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1620
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1645
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1656
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1852
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1906
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1862
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2121
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1585
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1769
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1707
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1854
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1588
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1784
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1954
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1496
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1945
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1980
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2978
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2179
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1490
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2363
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2135
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1984
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2627
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2409