Dar es Salaam vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$353	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$3112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	44	65
😀 Quality of life	55	89
🏙️ Population	4.72M	563K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 51% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 6805th and 3857th ($722 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 506th in Tanzania and Germany, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 5882nd and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Dresden

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	Dar es Salaam	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$12328

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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

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387