Cost of living comparison

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

compared to

Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico City vs. Dushanbe Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 77.0% more expensive than Dushanbe.

Restaurants: pay 76.7% more in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 2.0 times more in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 82.4% more in Mexico City
Housing: pay 59.2% more in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 2.1 times more in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 58.6% more in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 51.3% more in Mexico City

The cost of childcare, groceries, transportation, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports in Mexico City are more expensive than in Dushanbe. Notably, childcare, groceries, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Mexico City.

Mexico City vs. Dushanbe Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mexico City instead of Dushanbe, you would:

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pay 76.7% more for restaurants

	Dushanbe	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.61 TJS61.14	$9.93 MX$197.86	+76.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.16 TJS99.80	$7.45 MX$148.40	-18.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.62 TJS6.79	$1.08 MX$21.51	+73.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.28 TJS3.06	$0.77 MX$15.40	+175.3%
Average			+76.7%

Dushanbe vs. Mexico City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.0 times more for groceries

	Dushanbe	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$0.57 TJS6.22	$2.45 MX$48.87	+329.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.28 TJS46.60	$4.87 MX$96.99	+13.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.05 TJS33.17	$5.51 MX$109.75	+80.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.75 TJS19.08	$2.18 MX$43.50	+24.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.88 TJS20.52	$3.57 MX$71.16	+89.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.54 TJS5.92	$1.22 MX$24.35	+124.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.07 TJS11.65	$0.67 MX$13.34	-37.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.09 TJS11.89	$0.80 MX$15.92	-26.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.38 TJS4.16	$0.83 MX$16.49	+116.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.34 TJS3.65	$0.85 MX$16.96	+153.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.24 TJS2.65	$0.83 MX$16.49	+240.8%
Average			+100.9%

Dushanbe vs. Mexico City - Cost of groceries

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pay 82.4% more for transportation

	Dushanbe	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.19 TJS34.72	$4.64 MX$92.41	+45.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$4.68 TJS50.95	$17.87 MX$356.15	+282.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,113.17 TJS219,086.55	$18,615.02 MX$370,988.00	-7.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.18 TJS34.65	$3.47 MX$69.25	+9.2%
Average			+82.4%

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pay 59.2% more for housing

	Dushanbe	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$23.95 TJS260.87	$24.38 MX$485.87	+1.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$413.18 TJS4,500.62	$893.52 MX$17,807.42	+116.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$210.49 TJS2,292.77	$544.24 MX$10,846.34	+158.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$50.33 TJS548.23	$30.31 MX$604.09	-39.8%
Average			+59.2%

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pay 2.1 times more for childcare

	Dushanbe	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$106.65 TJS1,161.67	$381.33 MX$7,599.63	+257.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,658.24 TJS148,775.05	$8,426.99 MX$167,945.68	-38.3%
Average			+109.7%

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pay 58.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Dushanbe	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.12 TJS12.23	$2.73 MX$54.41	+143.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.29 TJS24.97	$3.01 MX$59.91	+31.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.34 TJS25.48	$3.92 MX$78.15	+67.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$37.11 TJS404.21	$53.69 MX$1,069.96	+44.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.68 TJS50.95	$4.96 MX$98.93	+6.1%
Average			+58.6%

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pay 51.3% more for clothing

	Dushanbe	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$28.06 TJS305.70	$56.36 MX$1,123.13	+100.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.11 TJS393.34	$41.06 MX$818.29	+13.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$76.71 TJS835.59	$91.99 MX$1,833.37	+19.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$53.79 TJS585.93	$91.93 MX$1,832.11	+70.9%
Average			+51.3%

Dushanbe vs. Mexico City - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: March 2025

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