Dushanbe vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$290	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$1966
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	93
😀 Quality of life	36	83
🏙️ Population	863K	1.86M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 62% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 7107th and 2592nd ($672 vs $1780) 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 1.1 months in Warsaw. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 7353rd and 387th 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	$5.63	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$13474

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390