Dar es Salaam vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$315	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$25.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$154
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	35
😀 Quality of life	55	40
🏙️ Population	4.72M	863K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 13% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 6696th and 7313th ($720 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 8th in Tanzania and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 5965th and 7225th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Dushanbe

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	Dar es Salaam	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$9.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$39
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$60.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	18.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$4.53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$3.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$8.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$6.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$61
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$13332

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$762
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$706
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$600
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$622
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$493
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$581
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$452
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$536
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$571
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$524
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$646
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$457
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1144
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$338
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$486
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$439
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$585
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$337
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$493
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1127
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$441
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1165
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$405
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$424
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$332
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1176
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$367
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$557
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$557
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$326
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$542
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$446
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$547
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$448
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$449

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423