Dushanbe vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$316	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$767
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	20
😀 Quality of life	42	46
🏙️ Population	863K	6.44M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 10% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 7031st and 7433rd ($712 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 7474th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Shangrao

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	Dushanbe	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620