Dushanbe vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$316	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$1836
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	61
😀 Quality of life	42	83
🏙️ Population	863K	581K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 50% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 7031st and 4221st ($712 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tajikistan and Lithuania, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 7474th and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Vilnius

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	Dushanbe	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.97	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$9582

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522