Chisinau vs Dar es Salaam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Dar es Salaam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$799
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$2068
🏠 One person rent	$528	$363
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$605
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$288
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	51	45
😀 Quality of life	59	59
🏙️ Population	639K	4.72M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 19% more expensive than in Dar es Salaam. Cities ranked 5968th and 6675th ($947 vs $799) 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 0.4 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 6039th and 6017th 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	$8.01	$3.25
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$19.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$419
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$422
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$84.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$36.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	19.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$1361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$1189
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$15.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$9.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$5.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$6.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$2.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$87.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$17.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$22.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$40.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$435
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$17749

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$921
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$670
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$546
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$901
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1164
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$804
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$964
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$793
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$797
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$926
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$879
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$659
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$624
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$724
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$815
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$895
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$711
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$898
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$854
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$830
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$420
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1056
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$762
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1024
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1103
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$885
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$749
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$703
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$775
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$970

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