Dushanbe vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$290	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$819
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	8
😀 Quality of life	36	58
🏙️ Population	863K	24.7K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 57% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7107th and 3466th ($672 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tajikistan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 7353rd and 5469th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Victoria

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	Dushanbe	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.63	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$8081

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482