Dushanbe vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$4100
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	35	81
😀 Quality of life	42	92
🏙️ Population	863K	1.43M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 65% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 7031st and 1930th ($712 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1571st in Tajikistan and the United States, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs San Antonio ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 7474th and 124th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$15049

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154