Dushanbe vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$265	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$401
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	35	35
😀 Quality of life	36	35
🏙️ Population	863K	2.96M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 11% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 7600th and 8272nd ($605 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Tajikistan and Yemen, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 7359th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Sanaa

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	Dushanbe	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$2809

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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 Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886