Cost of living comparison
Dushanbe is 73.9% more expensive than Tehran.
If you lived in Dushanbe instead of Tehran, you would:
pay 21.8% more for restaurants
Tehran
|
Dushanbe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.00
IRR168,300
|
$5.05
TJS55.10
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.00
IRR168,300
|
$9.09
TJS99.19
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.54
IRR22,788
|
$0.58
TJS6.30
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.96
IRR40,446
|
$0.26
TJS2.84
|
|
pay 44.0% more for groceries
Tehran
|
Dushanbe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.58
IRR24,324
|
$0.58
TJS6.37
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.03
IRR85,208
|
$4.21
TJS45.93
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.39
IRR100,429
|
$2.98
TJS32.51
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.11
IRR46,795
|
$1.65
TJS18.03
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.73
IRR72,704
|
$1.80
TJS19.61
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.48
IRR20,037
|
$0.52
TJS5.66
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.69
IRR29,100
|
$1.12
TJS12.25
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.45
IRR18,768
|
$1.08
TJS11.78
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.28
IRR11,878
|
$0.49
TJS5.38
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.24
IRR9,921
|
$0.29
TJS3.15
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.23
IRR9,720
|
$0.20
TJS2.19
|
|
pay 30.8% less for transportation
Tehran
|
Dushanbe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.90
IRR122,161
|
$3.30
TJS36.01
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$15.00
IRR631,125
|
$4.59
TJS50.10
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$80,000.00
IRR3,366,000,000
|
$19,744.22
TJS215,410.25
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$2.90
IRR122,018
|
$3.12
TJS34.06
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for housing
Tehran
|
Dushanbe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$6.62
IRR278,610
|
$23.51
TJS256.49
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$471.62
IRR19,843,480
|
$384.54
TJS4,195.31
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$303.59
IRR12,773,707
|
$196.68
TJS2,145.76
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$13.35
IRR561,665
|
$49.41
TJS539.03
|
|
pay 4.0 times more for childcare
Tehran
|
Dushanbe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$126.80
IRR5,334,990
|
$94.89
TJS1,035.31
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,850.92
IRR77,877,459
|
$13,407.70
TJS146,278.59
|
|
pay 79.0% more for entertainment and sports
Tehran
|
Dushanbe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.75
IRR31,556
|
$1.10
TJS12.02
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.43
IRR59,991
|
$2.25
TJS24.55
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.50
IRR105,188
|
$2.30
TJS25.05
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$17.44
IRR733,772
|
$33.52
TJS365.73
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$1.50
IRR63,112
|
$4.59
TJS50.10
|
|
pay 14.1% less for clothing
Tehran
|
Dushanbe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$33.14
IRR1,394,235
|
$29.85
TJS325.62
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$28.48
IRR1,198,296
|
$35.45
TJS386.74
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$141.42
IRR5,950,376
|
$75.30
TJS821.56
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$69.72
IRR2,933,287
|
$52.80
TJS576.10
|
|
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