Dar es Salaam vs Hyderabad, Pakistan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Hyderabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$382
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$896
🏠 One person rent	$363	$165
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$268
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$129
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$33.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$119
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	93 km
🎓 Higher education	45	48
😀 Quality of life	59	46
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.73M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 109% more expensive than in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Cities ranked 6675th and 9010th ($799 vs $382) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 0.3 months in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Hyderabad, Pakistan ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 6017th and 7023rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Hyderabad, Pakistan

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	Dar es Salaam	Hyderabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.25	$1.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$10.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$0.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$119
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$67.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$123
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$75.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	14.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$573
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$189
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$9.81
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$2.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$6.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$4.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$0.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$1.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$2.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$1.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$0.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$0.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$3.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$34.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$1.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$16.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$63.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$48.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$1102

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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 Hyderabad, Pakistan

Distance	City	Cost of living
65 km or 41 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
96 km or 60 mi	Nawabshah	$324
148 km or 92 mi	Karachi	$430
243 km or 151 mi	Larkana	$336
263 km or 163 mi	Sukkur	$340
271 km or 168 mi	Bhuj	$290
322 km or 200 mi	Jacobabad	$322
423 km or 263 mi	Rajkot	$324
434 km or 270 mi	Porbandar	$330
453 km or 282 mi	Mehsana	$382
482 km or 299 mi	Jodhpur	$322
499 km or 310 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
499 km or 310 mi	Pali	$305
501 km or 311 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
543 km or 337 mi	Udaipur	$315
546 km or 339 mi	Nadiad	$375
552 km or 343 mi	Quetta	$291
553 km or 344 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
556 km or 345 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
565 km or 351 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
572 km or 356 mi	Bikaner	$290
599 km or 372 mi	Vadodara	$374
607 km or 377 mi	Godhra	$366
614 km or 382 mi	Multan	$403
629 km or 391 mi	Bhilwara	$328
639 km or 397 mi	Ajmer	$274
650 km or 404 mi	Khanewal	$362
653 km or 406 mi	Surat	$705
678 km or 421 mi	Navsari	$278
679 km or 422 mi	Burewala	$347
716 km or 445 mi	Ratlam	$303
718 km or 446 mi	Sikar	$335
740 km or 460 mi	Kandahar	$436
750 km or 466 mi	Kota	$333
760 km or 472 mi	Jhang	$294
768 km or 477 mi	Jaipur	$387
768 km or 477 mi	Gojra	$351
778 km or 484 mi	Chabahar	$573
783 km or 487 mi	Okara	$291
790 km or 491 mi	Ujjain	$264