Dushanbe vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$3535
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	35	98
😀 Quality of life	42	95
🏙️ Population	863K	1.97M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 67% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 7031st and 1640th ($712 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.7 months in Vienna. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 7474th and 39th 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	$5.97	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$25585

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946