Crete vs Dar es Salaam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Dar es Salaam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2062
🏠 One person rent	$530	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$748
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$323
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	32	44
😀 Quality of life	56	41
🏙️ Population	623K	4.72M

The cost of living in Crete is 42% more expensive than in Dar es Salaam. Cities ranked 4640th and 6399th ($1150 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Greece and Tanzania, respectively. Check Greece vs Tanzania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Dar es Salaam ranked 1st in Tanzania, while ranked 5717th and 6871st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Dar es Salaam

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	Crete	Dar es Salaam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$2.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$7.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$325
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1029
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$551
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$44.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$68.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	19.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3163
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$5427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$77.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$4.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$17.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$21.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$39.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$19371

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1093
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1052
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1131
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1659
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1838
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$1038
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1437
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1159
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1045
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1033
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1272
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1054
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1082
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1265
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1070
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1022
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$990
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$955
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1049
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$380
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$764
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1099
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$980
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$381
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$773
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$655
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$909
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$681
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$843
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$643
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1011
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$638

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