Dakar vs Kansas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dakar	Kansas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1221	$2110
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2879	$5277
🏠 One person rent	$571	$1160
🏘️ Family rent	$966	$2028
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$696
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$86.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$158	$3972
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	29	65
😀 Quality of life	49	88
🏙️ Population	1.44M	508K

The cost of living in Dakar is 42% less expensive than in Kansas. Cities ranked 4661st and 1700th ($1221 vs $2110) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1417th in Senegal and the United States, respectively. Check Senegal vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Dakar compared to 1.9 months in Kansas. Dakar ranked 1st best city to live in Senegal vs Kansas ranked 95th in the United States, while ranked 6722nd and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dakar vs Kansas infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dakar/kansas.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dakar vs Kansas infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dakar/kansas" target="_blank">Dakar vs Kansas - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dakar vs Kansas

Prices for goods and services in Dakar and Kansas are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dakar	Kansas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.2	$85.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$6.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.48	$5.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$771	$1123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$947
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1391	$2072
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$1715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.7	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48	$60.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.31%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2430	$2177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1452	$1986
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.3	$53.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$12.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$3.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$6.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$4.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$6.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$6.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.13	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$7.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.73	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.7	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.6	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$96.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$264	$1380
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7252	$28880

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dakar

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Rufisque	$1141
58 km or 36 mi	Thies	$1140
121 km or 75 mi	Fatick	$1084
163 km or 101 mi	Kaolack	$1088
166 km or 103 mi	Louga	$1060
171 km or 106 mi	Banjul	$516
174 km or 108 mi	Lamin	$541
177 km or 110 mi	Saint-Louis	$1062
185 km or 115 mi	Brikama	$598
266 km or 165 mi	Rosso	$630
271 km or 169 mi	Ziguinchor	$1031
340 km or 211 mi	Kolda	$1044
378 km or 235 mi	Bissau	$895
404 km or 251 mi	Nouakchott	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Bafata	$872
629 km or 391 mi	Boffa	$999
651 km or 404 mi	Praia	$964
668 km or 415 mi	Assomada	$962
709 km or 441 mi	Conakry	$1067
727 km or 452 mi	Forecariah	$999
757 km or 471 mi	Mamou	$1021
833 km or 518 mi	Freetown	$1347
841 km or 522 mi	Mindelo	$997
978 km or 607 mi	Bo	$1283
1009 km or 627 mi	Kankan	$1007
1023 km or 636 mi	Kenema	$1281
1048 km or 651 mi	Bamako	$583
1051 km or 653 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
1087 km or 675 mi	Banamba	$506
1088 km or 676 mi	Koulikoro	$506
1141 km or 709 mi	Bougouni	$508
1185 km or 736 mi	Monrovia	$536
1197 km or 744 mi	Kakata	$502
1215 km or 755 mi	Segou	$506
1220 km or 758 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
1232 km or 766 mi	Markala	$508
1256 km or 781 mi	Yekepa	$503
1258 km or 782 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
1332 km or 828 mi	Sikasso	$514
1413 km or 878 mi	Korhogo	$1099

Cities near Kansas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Prairie Village	$2293
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kansas City	$2237
12 km or 7.4 mi	Raytown	$2019
15 km or 9.2 mi	Leawood	$2266
15 km or 9.2 mi	Overland Park	$2390
15 km or 9.2 mi	Independence	$1765
16 km or 10 mi	Shawnee	$2271
18 km or 11 mi	Lenexa	$2311
18 km or 11 mi	Gladstone	$1902
19 km or 12 mi	Grandview	$2248
23 km or 14 mi	Lee's Summit	$2052
25 km or 16 mi	Liberty	$1647
26 km or 16 mi	Belton	$1841
27 km or 17 mi	Olathe	$2261
27 km or 17 mi	Blue Springs	$1943
39 km or 24 mi	Gardner	$2160
41 km or 26 mi	Leavenworth	$2120
57 km or 35 mi	Lawrence	$1912
82 km or 51 mi	St. Joseph	$1946
95 km or 59 mi	Topeka	$1574
123 km or 77 mi	Sedalia	$1893
156 km or 97 mi	Emporia	$1368
174 km or 108 mi	Manhattan	$1761
183 km or 113 mi	Pittsburg	$1909
195 km or 121 mi	Columbia	$1638
195 km or 121 mi	Junction	$1875
215 km or 134 mi	Jefferson	$1830
219 km or 136 mi	Joplin	$1848
235 km or 146 mi	Springfield	$1280
250 km or 155 mi	Nixa	$1522
261 km or 162 mi	Bellevue	$1963
263 km or 163 mi	Salina	$1535
265 km or 165 mi	Lincoln	$1614
265 km or 165 mi	Newton	$1729
268 km or 167 mi	Council Bluffs	$1816
275 km or 171 mi	Omaha	$2106
283 km or 176 mi	Bartlesville	$1852
284 km or 176 mi	Wichita	$1811
286 km or 178 mi	Ottumwa	$1899
287 km or 178 mi	Derby	$1855