Dushanbe vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$1586
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$3407
🏠 One person rent	$290	$921
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$1393
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$2861
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	71
😀 Quality of life	36	77
🏙️ Population	863K	7.01M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 58% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7107th and 3292nd ($672 vs $1586) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tajikistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.8 months in Riyadh. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7353rd and 796th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dushanbe vs Riyadh infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dushanbe/riyadh.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dushanbe vs Riyadh infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dushanbe/riyadh" target="_blank">Dushanbe vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dushanbe vs Riyadh

Prices for goods and services in Dushanbe and Riyadh are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dushanbe	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.63	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$726
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$1969
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1032
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$99.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	5.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$2212
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$8.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$2.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$5.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$49.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$373
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$10359

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489