Dar es Salaam vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$2058
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$4930
🏠 One person rent	$363	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$3074
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	94
😀 Quality of life	59	95
🏙️ Population	4.72M	626K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 61% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 6675th and 1833rd ($799 vs $2058) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th in Tanzania and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Tanzania vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.5 months in Glasgow. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6017th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Glasgow

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	Dar es Salaam	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.25	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$96.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$6.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$4.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$1172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$2085
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$1575
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	4.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$4064
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$3045
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$9.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$2.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$21.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$85.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$118
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$1138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$18105

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429