Dushanbe vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dushanbe	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$605	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1616	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$265	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$503	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$150	$680
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	35	78
😀 Quality of life	36	66
🏙️ Population	863K	12.6M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 18% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 7600th and 8544th ($605 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 7359th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Zhengzhou

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	Dushanbe	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.7	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.09%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$859	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$522	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.56	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.18	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.56	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.8	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.79	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.6	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.1	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$106	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13506	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591