🇧🇩 Bangladesh · A realistic 2026 budget for newcomers — rent, food, transport, and what a month actually costs.
Wondering how far your salary goes in Gazipur? Here’s what everyday life costs, in local prices — the numbers that matter when you’re deciding to move or negotiating a package.
What things cost
Two- to three-bed apartment, Chandana Chowrasta or JoydebpurBDT 8,000–20,000 / month
Two-bed apartment, Tongi, Board Bazar or KonabariBDT 7,000–15,000 / month
Utilities including gas, electricity and internetBDT 4,000–10,000 / month
Groceries, one personBDT 10,000–20,000 / month; the Dhaka supermarkets are an hour away for anything imported
Rice and meat at a highway restaurant, Chandana ChowrastaBDT 180–350 per person
Ready-made garment sector minimum wageBDT 12,500 / month, set by the Minimum Wage Board from December 2023
Bus or CNG, Chowrasta to Dhaka airportBDT 70–250 depending on mode and hour
Good to know
Population
2,677,715 in Gazipur City Corporation at the 2022 census — Bangladesh's third-largest city, formed in 2013 by merging the Gazipur and Tongi municipalities with surrounding rural areas
Languages
Bengali (Bangla) in the standard Dhaka-region form, with no dialect barrier for anyone who has learned Bangla; English is used in the buying offices, the compliance sector and at the Islamic University of Technology
Currency
Bangladeshi taka (BDT)
Time zone
BST (GMT+6) — no daylight saving
Power plug
Type C, D and G, 220 V
Climate
Tropical monsoon — hot humid summers, a heavy June–September monsoon, a short mild winter, and the same severe dry-season air pollution as the Dhaka airshed it sits inside
Area
329.53 km² — the largest city corporation in Bangladesh by area, spread across eight administrative zones with Tongi as Zone 1
Working week
Sunday to Thursday for offices; factories run shift patterns across six days, and the industrial rhythm rather than the office one sets the city's traffic
Public transport
Buses, CNG auto-rickshaws and ride-hailing. The Dhaka BRT to the airport was shelved in 2025, and the Dhaka metro terminates at Uttara North, short of the city
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A note on budgeting
Rent is usually the swing factor — location and whether bills are included move the number most. Build your estimate from the rent band above, add a monthly living figure, and keep a buffer for one-off setup costs (deposits, a residence permit, a local SIM, first-month transport). Globe Quest turns this into a personalized Gazipur checklist so nothing setup-related catches you off guard.
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