Dushanbe vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$276	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$643
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	35	24
😀 Quality of life	40	41
🏙️ Population	863K	7.82M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 14% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 7313th and 6604th ($638 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 53rd 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 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 7225th and 7053rd 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	$4.75	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$14498

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543