Dushanbe vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$265	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$205
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	50
😀 Quality of life	36	48
🏙️ Population	863K	1.57M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 3% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7600th and 7787th ($605 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 34th in Tajikistan and Iran, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 7359th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Shiraz

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	Dushanbe	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723