Abidjan vs Dar es Salaam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abidjan	Dar es Salaam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1224	$799
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$2068
🏠 One person rent	$548	$363
🏘️ Family rent	$912	$605
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$197	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$198	$288
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	33	45
😀 Quality of life	43	59
🏙️ Population	5.62M	4.72M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 53% more expensive than in Dar es Salaam. Cities ranked 4654th and 6675th ($1224 vs $799) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ivory Coast and Tanzania, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Tanzania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Dar es Salaam ranked 1st in Tanzania, while ranked 7383rd and 6017th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Abidjan vs Dar es Salaam infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/abidjan/dar-es-salaam.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Abidjan vs Dar es Salaam infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/abidjan/dar-es-salaam" target="_blank">Abidjan vs Dar es Salaam - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Abidjan vs Dar es Salaam

Prices for goods and services in Abidjan and Dar es Salaam are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Abidjan	Dar es Salaam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.07	$3.25
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.9	$19.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$419
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$422
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$84.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40	$36.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	19.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2430	$1361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1432	$1189
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$15.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.1	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$9.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$5.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.52	$6.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.76	$2.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.58	$1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.8	$87.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.83	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.7	$17.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$22.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$40.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$435
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3211	$17749

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1059
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$1057
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$1057
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$1083
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$1066
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$1082
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$649
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$631
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$1123
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$532
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$668
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$822
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$630
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$600
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$1099
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$417
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$652
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$684
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$502
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$503
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$576
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$835
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$699
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$831
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$703
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$846
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$514
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$598
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$705
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$502
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$793
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$712
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$536
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$877
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$508

Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$609
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$567
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$421
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$552
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$596
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$526
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$533
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$612
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$420
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$811
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$495
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$460
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1207
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1511
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$527
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$549
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$503
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1207
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$565
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$656
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1168
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$543
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$528
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$511
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$496
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$888
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$623
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$654
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$458
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$582
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$687
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$578
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$688
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$687