Dushanbe vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$1254
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$2954
🏠 One person rent	$290	$650
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$388
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$1684
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	38
😀 Quality of life	36	77
🏙️ Population	863K	767K

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 46% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 7107th and 4447th ($672 vs $1254) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 7353rd and 748th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dushanbe	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.63	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$8.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$3.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$1101
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$852
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$4189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$3073
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.69
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$9.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$9.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$7.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$5.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$3.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$7.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$46
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$91.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$10598

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1142
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$926
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1147
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$999
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1146
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1143
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1217
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$618
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$663
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1500
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$566
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1174
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1270
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1397
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1764
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$802
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$745
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1770
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1362
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$789
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$808
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1188
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$851
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1361
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1247
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1674
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1347
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1424
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1061
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1265
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$641
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$883
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1366
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$890
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$860
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$780