Dushanbe vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$316	$524
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$868
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$401
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$1641
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	74
😀 Quality of life	42	90
🏙️ Population	863K	1.96M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 40% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 7031st and 4750th ($712 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th in Tajikistan and Japan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.4 months in Sapporo. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Sapporo ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 7474th and 239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Sapporo

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	Dushanbe	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$448
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$817
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$2303
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$1644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$49.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$6.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$19.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$51.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$10519

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1050
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1051
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1051
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1047
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1049
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1041
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1043
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1042
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1041
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1042
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$994
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$991
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$973
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1032
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1031
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1035
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1065
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1007
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$936
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$937
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$1014
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1021
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$945
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$1010
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$1015
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$972
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$1002
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$991
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$995
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1064
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$994
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$1004
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1029
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1025
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1003
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1015
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1006
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1054
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1068