Dushanbe vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$265	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$6742
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	80
😀 Quality of life	36	91
🏙️ Population	863K	737K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 80% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 7600th and 158th ($605 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 140th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 7359th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093