Dushanbe vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$939
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$2825
🏠 One person rent	$276	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1181
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$94.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$1524
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	96
😀 Quality of life	40	80
🏙️ Population	863K	17.5M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 32% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 7313th and 5744th ($638 vs $939) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 16th 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 1.6 months in Shenzhen. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 7225th and 460th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Shenzhen

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	Dushanbe	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$27.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$1719
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$954
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$60
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$14.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$12768
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$7264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$4.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$7.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$24305

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2410
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$618
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$589
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1565
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$481
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$837
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$742
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$575
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1083
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$816
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$891
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$781
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$830
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$876
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$738
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$856
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$716
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$799
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$588
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$824
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$774
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$785
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$831
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$857
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$812
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$752
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$806
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$735
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$721
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$620
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$851
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$525
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$584