Dar es Salaam vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$423	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$3416
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	45
😀 Quality of life	41	80
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.19M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 54% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 6399th and 2449th ($811 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and Qatar, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.9 months in Doha. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 6871st and 562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Doha

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	Dar es Salaam	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$11200

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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

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904