Dushanbe vs Vaduz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Vaduz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$6070
🏠 One person rent	$265	$1263
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$2491
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$899
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$6224
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	35	29
😀 Quality of life	36	80
🏙️ Population	863K	5.67K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 76% less expensive than in Vaduz. Cities ranked 7600th and 791st ($605 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Tajikistan and Liechtenstein, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Liechtenstein comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 2.5 months in Vaduz. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Vaduz ranked 1st in Liechtenstein, while ranked 7359th and 535th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Vaduz

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	Dushanbe	Vaduz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$33.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$16.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$6.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$5.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$3.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1064
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$2640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$2138
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$65.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	7.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$15241
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$4760
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$82.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$46.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$2.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$2.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$3.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$9.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$25.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$22.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$50
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$3.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$3.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$5.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$6.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$4.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$74.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$22.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$89.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$42
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$116
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$160
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$8122

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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 Vaduz

Distance	City	Cost of living
3 km or 1.9 mi	Schaan	$2352
12 km or 7.7 mi	Feldkirch	$1818
32 km or 20 mi	Chur	$2344
33 km or 21 mi	St. Gallen	$2464
34 km or 21 mi	Lustenau	$1641
35 km or 22 mi	Dornbirn	$1660
44 km or 27 mi	Bregenz	$1690
47 km or 29 mi	Lindau	$1561
51 km or 32 mi	Wil	$2262
53 km or 33 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$2861
57 km or 36 mi	Friedrichshafen	$1656
59 km or 36 mi	Wetzikon	$2893
62 km or 38 mi	Kreuzlingen	$2614
64 km or 40 mi	Konstanz	$1731
65 km or 40 mi	Uster	$2974
65 km or 40 mi	Wadenswil	$2960
65 km or 40 mi	Wangen im Allgau	$1732
66 km or 41 mi	Frauenfeld	$2379
71 km or 44 mi	Sonthofen	$1560
71 km or 44 mi	Horgen	$2976
72 km or 45 mi	Ravensburg	$1795
72 km or 45 mi	Winterthur	$3032
74 km or 46 mi	Dubendorf	$2988
75 km or 46 mi	Weingarten	$1731
75 km or 47 mi	Uberlingen	$1641
76 km or 47 mi	Baar	$3099
76 km or 47 mi	Zug	$3426
78 km or 49 mi	Radolfzell	$1609
79 km or 49 mi	Zurich	$3296
83 km or 52 mi	Altstetten	$3037
85 km or 53 mi	Leutkirch im Allgau	$1668
85 km or 53 mi	Bulach	$2873
86 km or 54 mi	Singen	$1555
89 km or 55 mi	Bad Waldsee	$1688
89 km or 55 mi	Kempten	$1502
89 km or 56 mi	Dietikon	$2934
91 km or 57 mi	Schaffhausen	$2419
93 km or 58 mi	Lucerne	$2931
93 km or 58 mi	Emmen	$2897
95 km or 59 mi	Kriens	$2891