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

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$3952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$8290
🏠 One person rent	$316	$2795
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$4452
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$775
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$5915
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	35	87
😀 Quality of life	42	93
🏙️ Population	863K	1.01M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 82% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 7031st and 6th ($712 vs $3952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 1.5 months in San Jose, United States. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs San Jose, United States ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 7474th and 88th 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	$5.97	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$9.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$2999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$2438
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$4520
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$4008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$10416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$9325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$5.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$22.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$6.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$4.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$176
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$88.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$22302

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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 Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254