Cairo vs Dar es Salaam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Dar es Salaam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$2062
🏠 One person rent	$154	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$748
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$323
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	44
😀 Quality of life	58	41
🏙️ Population	9.61M	4.72M

The cost of living in Cairo is 49% less expensive than in Dar es Salaam. Cities ranked 8923rd and 6399th ($417 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Tanzania, respectively. Check Egypt vs Tanzania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Dar es Salaam ranked 1st in Tanzania, while ranked 5545th and 6871st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Dar es Salaam

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	Cairo	Dar es Salaam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$2.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$7.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$325
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1029
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$551
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$44.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$68.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	19.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$3163
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$5427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$4.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$0.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$77.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$4.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$17.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$21.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$39.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$19371

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811

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