Dushanbe vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$265	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$1106
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	62
😀 Quality of life	36	49
🏙️ Population	863K	9.08M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 25% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 7600th and 8735th ($605 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 524th in Tajikistan and China, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 7359th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Xuzhou

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	Dushanbe	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$22170

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746