Dushanbe vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$265	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$336
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	35	20
😀 Quality of life	36	45
🏙️ Population	863K	1.29M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 30% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 7600th and 8801st ($605 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Tajikistan and Libya, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 7359th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Tripoli

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	Dushanbe	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$1187

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058