Dushanbe vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dushanbe	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1811	$4813
🏠 One person rent	$401	$1082
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$1874
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$595
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.1	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4366
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	35	84
😀 Quality of life	47	94
🏙️ Population	948K	633K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 62% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 6897th and 1987th ($773 vs $2011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th in Tajikistan and Germany, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 2.2 months in Stuttgart. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Stuttgart ranked 5th in Germany, while ranked 6988th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Stuttgart

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	Dushanbe	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$83.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$6.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$4.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$1057
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1925
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$1424
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.2	$308
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.96%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$7341
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$705	$4476
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$28
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$58.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$67
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$97.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.7	$801
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6733	$18116

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$704
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$645
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$568
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$497
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$622
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$576
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$468
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$599
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$610
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$500
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$842
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$688
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$669
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$470
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$572
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$471
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$439
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$570
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$587
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$504
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$381
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$646
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$488
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$555
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$549
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$373
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$535
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$456
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$447
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$321
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$373
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$438

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1817
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1821
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1810
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1820
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1809
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1813
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1807
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1784
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1818
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1794
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1788
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1793
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1794
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1788
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1777
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1800
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1769
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1724
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1774
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1764
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1772
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1817
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1896
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1780
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1660
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1893
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1717
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1740
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1521
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1801
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1735
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1807
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1747
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1803
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1773
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1735
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1719
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1771
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1726
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1733