Dushanbe vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dushanbe	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1767	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$355	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$614	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$160	$912
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	8
😀 Quality of life	46	48
🏙️ Population	948K	24.7K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 55% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7063rd and 3471st ($735 vs $1646) 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 0.6 months in Victoria. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 7083rd and 6854th 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	$5.32	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.63	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$828	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.22%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$644	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.21	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.9	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.33	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.1	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.6	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.7	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6746	$8971

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419