Dushanbe vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$265	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$444
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	40
😀 Quality of life	36	48
🏙️ Population	863K	5.94M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 22% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 7600th and 6559th ($605 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Tajikistan and India, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 7359th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Surat

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	Dushanbe	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$271
🔌 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	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340