Dushanbe vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$2581
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$6268
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1568
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$2779
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$633
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$4532
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	35	92
😀 Quality of life	42	95
🏙️ Population	863K	548K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 72% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 7031st and 749th ($712 vs $2581) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 2nd in the Netherlands, while ranked 7474th and 43rd 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	$5.97	$20.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$93.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$7.24
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$4.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$3.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1628
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$1311
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$2964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$2396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$147
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$223
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$46.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$5956
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$4459
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$33.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$2.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$4.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$125
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$2532
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$12471

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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 The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$2228
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2222
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2589
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2718
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$2568
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$2414
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$2178
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$2087
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$2230
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$2374
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$2235
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$2238
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$2706
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$2089
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$1860
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1514
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$2318
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1639
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1818
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1804
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$2359
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1696