Dushanbe vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$276	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$1771
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	93
😀 Quality of life	40	83
🏙️ Population	863K	1.86M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 56% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 7313th and 3564th ($638 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Tajikistan and Poland, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 7225th and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Warsaw

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	Dushanbe	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$11854

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385