Dushanbe vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$2042
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	94
😀 Quality of life	42	85
🏙️ Population	863K	1.86M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 64% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 7031st and 2069th ($712 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 months in Warsaw. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 7474th and 444th 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	$5.97	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$15871

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349