Dushanbe vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$265	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$794
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	35	47
😀 Quality of life	36	62
🏙️ Population	863K	276K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 24% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 7600th and 6461st ($605 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Tajikistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 7359th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Sarajevo

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	Dushanbe	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$2856

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768