Dar es Salaam vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$1801
🏠 One person rent	$353	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$532
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	35
😀 Quality of life	55	36
🏙️ Population	4.72M	863K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 8% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 6805th and 7107th ($722 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st 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 5882nd and 7353rd 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	$2.56	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$9.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$24.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	19.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$4.69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$8.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$6.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$13630

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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 Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441