Dushanbe vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$276	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$2566
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	71
😀 Quality of life	40	74
🏙️ Population	863K	7.01M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 61% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7313th and 2922nd ($638 vs $1642) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 1.6 months in Riyadh. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7225th and 1210th 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	$4.75	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$9649

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561