Chisinau vs Dar es Salaam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Dar es Salaam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$2062
🏠 One person rent	$505	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$748
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$323
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	51	44
😀 Quality of life	57	41
🏙️ Population	639K	4.72M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 10% more expensive than in Dar es Salaam. Cities ranked 6080th and 6399th ($892 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and Tanzania, respectively. Check Moldova vs Tanzania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Dar es Salaam ranked 1st in Tanzania, while ranked 5665th and 6871st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Dar es Salaam

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	Chisinau	Dar es Salaam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$2.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$7.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$325
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1029
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$551
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$44.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$68.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	19.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$3163
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$5427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$4.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$77.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$4.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$17.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$21.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$39.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$19371

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$780
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$829
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$502
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$517
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$782
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1062
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$825
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$840
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$876
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$725
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$812
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$863
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$637
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$555
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$650
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$727
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$786
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$676
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$752
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$837
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$741
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$709
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$729
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$433
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$938
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$722
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$929
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1002
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$796
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$758
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$663
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$696
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$867

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