2.83/5
115 reviews
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Cost of Living in Tashkent

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Tashkent offers a great mix of affordability, safety, and activities for visitors and residents. The food is not only tasty but also inexpensive, with a wide range of cafes, restaurants, and traditional tea houses available. There’s a diverse range of things to do, from visiting bazaars and clubbing to hiking in nearby mountains or horse riding. The subway system is notable for its attractive design, and groceries are of high quality. People are friendly, especially toward foreigners, and most speak Russian, making communication easier for Russian speakers.

The city is quite safe, with reports of low crime. Internet connectivity is stable and relatively fast, especially with fiber-optic connections reaching speeds of up to 200 Mbps at night. The city enjoys all four seasons, but with many sunny days throughout the year, which is a plus.

However, the local driving culture makes getting around by car challenging. Fortunately, taxis are affordable and commonly used. Tashkent is multicultural, religious yet secular, and inclusive when it comes to foreigners' appearances. All in all, it’s a practical and enjoyable city for both short visits and longer stays.

AI-generated summary of reviews

Internet connection is stable. Mobile broadband speed in range of 3-7 Mbps from home (10 km from center of Tashkent), fiber-optics connection is also stable - up to 50 Mbps at the daytime (from 12 pm till 12 am) and up to 200 Mbps at night (from 12 am till 12 pm)

3 years ago

Delicious food, which is also cheap. Lots of cafes and restaurants. Activities are various: bazar visit, trip to nearby mountains, “chayxana” - traditional Uzbek tea house/restaurant, clubbing, horse riding. Beautiful subway which resembles the one in Moscow. Groceries are of high quality. Most people speak Russian, and are nice to foreigners. Almost no crime. It’s difficult to drive around, because of local driving culture. Thus, it’s better to move around on taxi which is cheap. City is somewhat multinational with majority being Uzbek. Society is religious, yet the state is secular. “Foreigner-looking” people aren’t condemned for their outfit. All four seasons are present, yet the amount of sunny days in a year is very high.

3 years ago

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Friendly people

✅ Very affordable

✅ Lots of cafes and food options

✅ Diverse activities

✅ Good grocery quality

✅ Very cheap to live

✅ Pretty safe

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm in the spring

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Roads are pretty safe

✅ Safe for women

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse

❌ Difficult driving culture

❌ No freedom of speech

❌ No democracy

❌ Pretty slow internet

❌ Not much to do

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Very hot in the summer

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median)

5°C / 41°F cold

12°C / 54°F cool

13°C / 55°F cool

21°C / 70°F mild

27°C / 81°F warm

31°C / 88°F hot

33°C / 91°F hot

31°C / 88°F hot

26°C / 79°F warm

16°C / 61°F cool

11°C / 52°F cool

8°C / 46°F cold

Real (median)

5°C / 41°F
very cold

12°C / 54°F
cool

13°C / 55°F
cool

20°C / 68°F
mild

28°C / 82°F
very warm

33°C / 91°F
hot

34°C / 93°F
hot

33°C / 91°F
hot

28°C / 82°F
very warm

16°C / 61°F
cool

11°C / 51°F
cool

8°C / 46°F
cold

Humidity

nice
67%

nice
62%

nice
67%

nice
41%

nice
38%

too dry
23%

too dry
26%

too dry
24%

nice
42%

nice
53%

nice
63%

Most common

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☔️ Rain

☀️ Clear

Rain

dry
20mm

dry
43mm

rainy
99mm

dry
40mm

dry
8mm

dry
3mm

dry
2mm

dry
0mm

dry
32mm

dry
26mm

dry
41mm

Cloud

pockets
32%

pockets
38%

pockets
48%

pockets
23%

pockets
28%

pockets
14%

pockets
18%

pockets
13%

clear
4%

pockets
33%

pockets
30%

pockets
39%

Air quality

okay
80 US AQI

okay
95 US AQI

okay
84 US AQI

okay
60 US AQI

bad
106* US AQI

okay
97 US AQI

bad
126 US AQI

bad
117 US AQI

bad
116 US AQI

bad
112 US AQI

bad
138 US AQI

bad
103 US AQI

Sun

safe
2 UVI

seek shade
3 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

seek shade
4 UVI

safe
2 UVI

safe
1 UVI

Remote workers

360 people

200 people

550 people

371 people

400 people

300 people

333 people

800 people

960 people

480 people

400 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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$1,115 / mo

3 Mbps

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👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌦 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 6

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200 remote workers in Tashkent now, of which 1+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	2.83/5 (Rank #117) 115 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍4 liked it 👎0 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😝 Cheap: $945 / mo
📡 Internet	🤬 Unusably slow: 5Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 28°C82°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 41%
💨 Air quality (now)	😐 Moderate: 80 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	😷 Unhealthy for some: 106 US AQI
👌 Safety	Good
🤮 Food safety*	Good
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🎓 Education level*	Mediocre
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Great
💰 Income level*	Very low: $176 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
😤 People density	🧘‍♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 16x16m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Okay
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Bad
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Bad
👩 Female friendly	Okay
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	Uzbekistan
🗓️ Average trip length	7 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	5 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌦 28°C 82°F + 😊 Comfy (41%) = feels 28°C 82°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👎😷 80 US AQI = 🚬 / day
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎☠️ 106 US AQI = 🚬 / day
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Yandex Taxi
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100,000 UZS in USD	USD 7.82
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	UZS 1,000,000 = USD 78
💻 Best coworking space	T4K
☕️ Best coffee place	Mangit Art
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👍17% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	2,400,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$2,116 / year
😤 Population density	🧘‍♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 47% 👱‍♀️ 53%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 51% 👱‍♀️ 49%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 87% 👱‍♀️ 13%
🏠 Apartment listings	Golden Pages
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Uzbeikistan Airways
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Uzbekistan Airways
🏥 Best hospital	Tashkent International Clinic

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$945 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$413 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$178 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$51 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,217 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$1,369 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$391 / month
🏠 Median home price	$58,640
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$57 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$45 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$81 / month
🍛 Dinner	$1
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$0
☕️ Coffee in cafe	0
👩‍🏫 International school	$0.00 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	0 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	0 / trip