Dushanbe vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$265	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$2731
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	72
😀 Quality of life	36	78
🏙️ Population	863K	7.01M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 63% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7600th and 2911th ($605 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 1.7 months in Riyadh. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7359th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Riyadh

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	Dushanbe	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$10598

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529