Dar es Salaam vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$363	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$140
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	35
😀 Quality of life	59	42
🏙️ Population	4.72M	863K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 12% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 6675th and 7031st ($799 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 6017th and 7474th 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	$3.25	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$7848

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$609
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$567
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$421
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$552
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$596
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$526
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$533
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$612
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$420
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$811
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$495
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$460
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1207
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1511
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$527
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$549
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$503
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1207
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$565
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$656
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1168
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$543
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$528
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$511
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$496
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$888
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$623
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$654
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$458
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$582
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$687
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$578
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$688
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$687

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393