Ahmedabad vs Dar es Salaam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Dar es Salaam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$2062
🏠 One person rent	$166	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$748
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$323
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	57	44
😀 Quality of life	54	41
🏙️ Population	7.65M	4.72M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 44% less expensive than in Dar es Salaam. Cities ranked 8848th and 6399th ($452 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1st in India and Tanzania, respectively. Check India vs Tanzania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Dar es Salaam ranked 1st in Tanzania, while ranked 5984th and 6871st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Dar es Salaam

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	Ahmedabad	Dar es Salaam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$2.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$7.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$325
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$1029
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$551
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$44.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$68.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	19.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$3163
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$5427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$4.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$0.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$77.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$4.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$17.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$21.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$39.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$19371

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350

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