Dushanbe vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dushanbe	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1811	$6812
🏠 One person rent	$401	$1756
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$3107
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.1	$335
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4188
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	47	100
🏙️ Population	948K	5.45M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 73% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6897th and 370th ($773 vs $2844) 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 6988th and 2nd 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	$4.86	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$81.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$3992
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$2582
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.2	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.96%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$12962
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$705	$7403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$4.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$28.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$3.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$66
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.7	$2275
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6733	$25164

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2354
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2481
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2040
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1709
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1995
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1701
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1795
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1460
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2258
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1855
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1273
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1825
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1816
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$2000
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2341
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1936
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1915
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1493
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1913
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1825
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1834
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2543
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1933
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1896
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2323
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1813
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1992
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2179
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1606
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1863