Dar es Salaam vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1793
🏠 One person rent	$423	$268
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	44	39
😀 Quality of life	41	56
🏙️ Population	4.72M	236K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 17% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 6399th and 6941st ($811 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and Botswana, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.5 months in Gaborone. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 6871st and 5825th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Gaborone

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	Dar es Salaam	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$7.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$64.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	9.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$1028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$5.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$5.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$0.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$4190

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$552
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$523
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$486
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$545
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$580
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$502
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$498
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$561
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$638
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$408
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$760
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$461
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$589
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1105
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1506
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$525
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$541
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$500
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1100
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$566
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$625
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1150
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$522
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$872
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$483
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$490
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$493
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$748
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$602
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$492
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$605
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$457
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$562
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$648
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$558
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$648
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$650

Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$628
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$665
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$664
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$780
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$889
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$631
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$820
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$837
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$540
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$807
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$923
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$953
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$993
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$785
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$672
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$678
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$768
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$748
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$795
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$784
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$624
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$814
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$621
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$562
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$766
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$442
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$567
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$763
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$699
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$964
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1068
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$597