Dar es Salaam vs Faisalabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Faisalabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$319
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$784
🏠 One person rent	$353	$115
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$203
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$123
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$34.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$214
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	44	43
😀 Quality of life	55	40
🏙️ Population	4.72M	3.2M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 126% more expensive than in Faisalabad. Cities ranked 6805th and 9185th ($722 vs $319) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 26th in Tanzania and Pakistan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.7 months in Faisalabad. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Faisalabad ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 5882nd and 6906th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Faisalabad

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	Dar es Salaam	Faisalabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$7.12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$3.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$84.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$59
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$169
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$32.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$50.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	16.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$776
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$902
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$2.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$2.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$6.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$2.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$3.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$1.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$1.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$1.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$1.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$0.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$16.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$1.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$16.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$83.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$25.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$785

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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 Faisalabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
34 km or 21 mi	Chiniot	$373
35 km or 22 mi	Sahiwal	$312
48 km or 30 mi	Gojra	$344
74 km or 46 mi	Jhang	$292
77 km or 48 mi	Okara	$310
83 km or 52 mi	Sargodha	$456
92 km or 57 mi	Hafizabad	$380
93 km or 58 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
121 km or 75 mi	Lahore	$406
125 km or 78 mi	Kamoke	$308
132 km or 82 mi	Gujranwala	$280
136 km or 84 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
146 km or 91 mi	Burewala	$360
159 km or 99 mi	Gujrat	$330
166 km or 103 mi	Khanewal	$358
169 km or 105 mi	Amritsar	$500
182 km or 113 mi	Sialkot	$335
201 km or 125 mi	Mirpur	$328
209 km or 130 mi	Multan	$371
222 km or 138 mi	Jammu	$344
238 km or 148 mi	Jalandhar	$378
243 km or 151 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
254 km or 158 mi	Islamabad	$439
261 km or 162 mi	Pathankot	$407
262 km or 163 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
268 km or 167 mi	Wah	$323
270 km or 167 mi	Ludhiana	$430
279 km or 173 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
286 km or 178 mi	Kohat	$374
323 km or 201 mi	Peshawar	$338
325 km or 202 mi	Mardan	$372
331 km or 206 mi	Baramulla	$277
338 km or 210 mi	Srinagar	$388
352 km or 219 mi	Patiala	$358
359 km or 223 mi	Hisar	$252
362 km or 225 mi	Chandigarh	$397
365 km or 227 mi	Khost	$441
379 km or 235 mi	Bikaner	$268
379 km or 235 mi	Mingora	$354
391 km or 243 mi	Shimla	$286