Dushanbe vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$265	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$2695
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	35	98
😀 Quality of life	36	93
🏙️ Population	863K	1.97M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 67% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 7600th and 2270th ($605 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Tajikistan and Austria, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 7359th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Vienna

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	Dushanbe	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987