Dushanbe vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$3810
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$8485
🏠 One person rent	$265	$2688
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$4744
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$759
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$6191
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	35	87
😀 Quality of life	36	92
🏙️ Population	863K	1.01M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 84% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 7600th and 8th ($605 vs $3810) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 6th 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 1.6 months in San Jose, United States. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs San Jose, United States ranked 11th in the United States, while ranked 7359th and 82nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs San Jose, United States

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	Dushanbe	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$100
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$8.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$5.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$2643
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$2388
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$5083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$4230
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$179
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$274
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$69.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$9512
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$9578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$90.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$4.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$5.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$6.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$6.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$3.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$1.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$7.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$129
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$149
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$77.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$1805
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$25839

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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 San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3362
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3419
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4167
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3287
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3131
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2828
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3448
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3295
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3159
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3752
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3187
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3060
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3286
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3326
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3002
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3649
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3412
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3344
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3448
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3006
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3096
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3437
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3657
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3466
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2811
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3059
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2747
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3678
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$3041
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$2963
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3269
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$3045
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3226
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3785
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3195
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3364
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2135
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3185
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$2968