Dushanbe vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$265	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$1581
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	38
😀 Quality of life	36	76
🏙️ Population	863K	767K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 52% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 7600th and 4331st ($605 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 4th in Tajikistan and Croatia, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 7359th and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Zagreb

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	Dushanbe	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747