Dushanbe vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$265	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$707
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	35	24
😀 Quality of life	36	38
🏙️ Population	863K	7.82M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 18% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 7600th and 6735th ($605 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 43rd in Tajikistan and China, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 7359th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Shangqiu

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	Dushanbe	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529