Dushanbe vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$265	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$2174
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	35	65
😀 Quality of life	36	83
🏙️ Population	863K	1.25M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 60% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7600th and 3460th ($605 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 7th in Tajikistan and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7359th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Sharjah

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	Dushanbe	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$7169

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2240
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2379
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1239
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1844
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$967
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$780
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1090
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1779
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1709
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$547
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$548
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$518
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$514
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1280
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1223
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1243
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$515
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$585
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$1068
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1056
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$589
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$563
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$897
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$605
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$464
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$546
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$901
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$529
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$829
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$573
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$536