Dushanbe vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$4008
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	42	100
🏙️ Population	863K	5.45M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 73% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7031st and 649th ($712 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tajikistan and Australia, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 7474th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Sydney

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	Dushanbe	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710