Dushanbe vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dushanbe	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$2491
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1811	$6085
🏠 One person rent	$401	$1494
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$2619
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$634
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.1	$214
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4456
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	35	92
😀 Quality of life	47	96
🏙️ Population	948K	548K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 69% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 6897th and 901st ($773 vs $2491) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th in Tajikistan and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.8 months in The Hague. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs The Hague ranked 1st in the Netherlands, while ranked 6988th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs The Hague

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	Dushanbe	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$21.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$15.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$6.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$4.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$526	$1507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2710
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$2213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.2	$256
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$50.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.96%	3.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$6520
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$705	$4705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$4.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$106
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$4.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.39	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$37.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$26.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$98.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.7	$2623
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6733	$12462

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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 The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$2310
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$2365
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$2424
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$2307
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2389
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2659
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$2336
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$1865
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2755
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$2234
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2354
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$3165
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2608
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$2564
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$1970
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$2087
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$2407
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$2185
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$2112
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2143
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2296
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$2399
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$2304
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$2460
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$2283
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$2247
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$2662
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2272
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$2111
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1740
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1805
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$2053
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1477
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$2341
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$2148
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1739
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1834
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1829
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$2353
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1688