Dushanbe vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$265	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$1355
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	35	84
😀 Quality of life	36	81
🏙️ Population	863K	3.03M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 32% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 7600th and 6071st ($605 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 6th in Tajikistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 7359th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Taichung

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	Dushanbe	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671