Dushanbe vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$2915
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$5968
🏠 One person rent	$290	$1781
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$2749
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$832
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$88.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$3918
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	35	53
😀 Quality of life	36	89
🏙️ Population	863K	140K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 77% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 7107th and 204th ($672 vs $2915) 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 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 7353rd and 189th 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	$5.63	$22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$125
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$18.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$11.1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$3.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$1809
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$1626
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$2822
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$2552
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$44.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$68.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	8.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$6498
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$5311
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$4.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$77.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$2.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$3.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$5.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$21.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$37.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$4.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$3.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$4.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$3.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$71.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$84.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$47.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$155
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$254
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$6167

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2371
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2602
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2091
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2300
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1913
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1830
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1459
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1491
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1599
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1647
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1625
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1793
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1710
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2013
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1545
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1650
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1573
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1793
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1420
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1744
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1830
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1467
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1805
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1657
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2427
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1930
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1390
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2125
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1969
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1752
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2492
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2161