Dushanbe vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$1354
🏠 One person rent	$316	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$183
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$66.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$608
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	35	70
😀 Quality of life	42	65
🏙️ Population	863K	10.6M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 41% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 7031st and 8645th ($712 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 489th 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 Shijiazhuang. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Shijiazhuang ranked 42nd in China, while ranked 7474th and 5294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Shijiazhuang

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	Dushanbe	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$1.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$361
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$84.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$6.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$2373
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$1658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$5.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$4.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$389
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$4870

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$527
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$535
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$527
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$523
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$574
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$533
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$548
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$505
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$550
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$572
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$499
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$454
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$456
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$544
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$543
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$565
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$552
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$553
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$538
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$480
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$495
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$546
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$564
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$634
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$502
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$638
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$516
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$534
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$654
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$580
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$689
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$619
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$748
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$707