Crete vs Dar es Salaam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Dar es Salaam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$722
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$2042
🏠 One person rent	$532	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$883
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$274
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	33	44
😀 Quality of life	72	55
🏙️ Population	623K	4.72M

The cost of living in Crete is 64% more expensive than in Dar es Salaam. Cities ranked 4641st and 6805th ($1186 vs $722) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 2nd 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 6th best city to live in Greece vs Dar es Salaam ranked 1st in Tanzania, while ranked 1944th and 5882nd 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	$13.3	$2.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$18.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$7.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$441
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$1146
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$697
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$37.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$58.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$37.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	18.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$5041
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$5974
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$19.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$8.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$0.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$3.68
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$3.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$10.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$51.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$315
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$8603

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612

Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$736
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$675
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$639
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$601
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$560
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$564
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$548
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$543
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$482
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$745
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$433
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$571
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1091
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1500
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$534
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$535
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$493
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1093
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$574
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$466
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1394
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$518
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1190
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$460
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$483
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$516
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1079
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$581
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$583
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$498
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$511
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$509
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$559
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$509
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$509