Dushanbe vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dushanbe	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$3205
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1811	$6762
🏠 One person rent	$401	$1954
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$2956
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$904
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.1	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4423
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	35	53
😀 Quality of life	47	88
🏙️ Population	948K	139K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 76% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 6897th and 119th ($773 vs $3205) 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 6988th and 258th 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	$4.86	$28.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$97.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$20
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$13.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$6.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$2129
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$1743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$3328
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$2660
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$52.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.2	$80.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.96%	8.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$7748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$705	$6175
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$5.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$90.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$28.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$4.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$6.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$24.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$44.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$5.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$23.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$3.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$5.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$90.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$19.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$47.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$146
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$178
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.7	$472
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6733	$30029

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3092
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3106
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2581
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2921
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2017
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2005
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1523
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1646
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1647
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1640
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1835
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1885
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1842
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2114
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1593
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1763
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1704
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1831
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1586
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1760
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1878
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1485
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1923
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$2021
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$3003
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2264
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1456
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2508
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2101
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1944
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2518
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2336