Adelaide vs Dar es Salaam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Dar es Salaam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2062
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$748
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$323
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	44
😀 Quality of life	94	41
🏙️ Population	1.39M	4.72M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 144% more expensive than in Dar es Salaam. Cities ranked 1894th and 6399th ($1978 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Australia and Tanzania, respectively. Check Australia vs Tanzania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Dar es Salaam ranked 1st in Tanzania, while ranked 46th and 6871st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Dar es Salaam

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	Adelaide	Dar es Salaam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$2.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$7.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$325
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$1029
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$551
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$44.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$68.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	19.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$3163
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$5427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$4.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$0.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$77.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$17.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$21.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$39.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$19371

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$552
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$523
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$486
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$545
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$580
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$502
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$498
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$561
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$638
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$408
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$760
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$461
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$589
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1105
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1506
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$525
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$541
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$500
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1100
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$566
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$625
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1150
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$522
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$872
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$483
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$490
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$493
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$748
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$602
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$492
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$605
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$457
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$562
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$648
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$558
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$648
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$650