Dushanbe vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dushanbe	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1767	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$355	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$614	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$160	$4145
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	46	98
🏙️ Population	948K	5.45M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 74% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7063rd and 348th ($735 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 7083rd 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	$5.32	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.63	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$828	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.22%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$644	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.21	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.33	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.1	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.6	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.7	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6746	$21946

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864