Dushanbe vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$265	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$3493
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	94
😀 Quality of life	36	93
🏙️ Population	863K	664K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 74% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 7600th and 1038th ($605 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 3rd in Tajikistan and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 7359th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Rotterdam

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	Dushanbe	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514