Dar es Salaam vs Gujranwala - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Gujranwala
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$240
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$600
🏠 One person rent	$315	$73.5
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$123
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$96
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	44	43
😀 Quality of life	55	28
🏙️ Population	4.72M	2.03M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 200% more expensive than in Gujranwala. Cities ranked 6696th and 9287th ($720 vs $240) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 35th 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 0.5 months in Gujranwala. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Gujranwala ranked 10th in Pakistan, while ranked 5965th and 8622nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Gujranwala

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	Dar es Salaam	Gujranwala
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$1.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$6.66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$2.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$64.2
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$33.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$71.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$31.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$13.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	19.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$400
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$8.97
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$3.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$0.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$4.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$3.15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$0.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$1.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$0.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$1.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$1.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$1.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$0.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$0.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$9.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$2.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$7.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$2.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$15.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$35.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$1081

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$762
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$706
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$600
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$622
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$493
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$581
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$452
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$536
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$571
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$524
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$646
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$457
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1144
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$338
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$486
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$439
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$585
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$337
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$493
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1127
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$441
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1165
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$405
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$424
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$332
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1176
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$367
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$557
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$557
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$326
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$542
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$446
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$547
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$448
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$449

Cities near Gujranwala

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Kamoke	$268
48 km or 30 mi	Hafizabad	$303
48 km or 30 mi	Gujrat	$277
51 km or 32 mi	Sialkot	$298
52 km or 32 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
68 km or 43 mi	Lahore	$386
80 km or 50 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
86 km or 54 mi	Amritsar	$508
90 km or 56 mi	Jammu	$399
117 km or 72 mi	Mirpur	$278
123 km or 76 mi	Chiniot	$344
132 km or 82 mi	Faisalabad	$289
139 km or 86 mi	Pathankot	$399
143 km or 89 mi	Sargodha	$330
149 km or 93 mi	Sahiwal	$260
161 km or 100 mi	Jalandhar	$394
164 km or 102 mi	Okara	$290
180 km or 112 mi	Gojra	$337
192 km or 119 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
202 km or 125 mi	Jhang	$364
203 km or 126 mi	Islamabad	$389
210 km or 130 mi	Ludhiana	$448
223 km or 139 mi	Srinagar	$393
228 km or 142 mi	Baramulla	$281
230 km or 143 mi	Wah	$238
264 km or 164 mi	Burewala	$338
292 km or 181 mi	Patiala	$365
293 km or 182 mi	Chandigarh	$401
297 km or 184 mi	Khanewal	$328
302 km or 188 mi	Kohat	$307
304 km or 189 mi	Mardan	$335
306 km or 190 mi	Shimla	$282
324 km or 201 mi	Peshawar	$352
337 km or 209 mi	Mingora	$311
341 km or 212 mi	Multan	$307
365 km or 227 mi	Hisar	$250
389 km or 242 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
402 km or 250 mi	Saharanpur	$255
411 km or 255 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwani	$357