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

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Hyderabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$847
🏠 One person rent	$423	$140
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$279
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$116
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$84
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	93 km
🎓 Higher education	44	48
😀 Quality of life	41	23
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.73M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 143% more expensive than in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Cities ranked 6399th and 9127th ($811 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th 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 12th in Pakistan, while ranked 6871st and 8760th 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	$2.93	$1.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$8.21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$0.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$61.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$240
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$164
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$56.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$87.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	14.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$575
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$190
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$5.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$0.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$4.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$2.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$1.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$1.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$0.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$2.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$36.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$1.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$17.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$60.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$40.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$1127

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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 Hyderabad, Pakistan

Distance	City	Cost of living
65 km or 41 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
96 km or 60 mi	Nawabshah	$325
148 km or 92 mi	Karachi	$442
243 km or 151 mi	Larkana	$338
263 km or 163 mi	Sukkur	$339
271 km or 168 mi	Bhuj	$288
322 km or 200 mi	Jacobabad	$325
423 km or 263 mi	Rajkot	$311
434 km or 270 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 282 mi	Mehsana	$389
482 km or 299 mi	Jodhpur	$366
499 km or 310 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
499 km or 310 mi	Pali	$324
501 km or 311 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
543 km or 337 mi	Udaipur	$310
546 km or 339 mi	Nadiad	$382
552 km or 343 mi	Quetta	$266
553 km or 344 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
556 km or 345 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
565 km or 351 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
572 km or 356 mi	Bikaner	$297
599 km or 372 mi	Vadodara	$376
607 km or 377 mi	Godhra	$371
614 km or 382 mi	Multan	$392
629 km or 391 mi	Bhilwara	$340
639 km or 397 mi	Ajmer	$279
650 km or 404 mi	Khanewal	$361
653 km or 406 mi	Surat	$771
678 km or 421 mi	Navsari	$286
679 km or 422 mi	Burewala	$356
716 km or 445 mi	Ratlam	$311
718 km or 446 mi	Sikar	$350
740 km or 460 mi	Kandahar	$468
750 km or 466 mi	Kota	$339
760 km or 472 mi	Jhang	$292
768 km or 477 mi	Jaipur	$376
768 km or 477 mi	Gojra	$342
778 km or 484 mi	Chabahar	$585
783 km or 487 mi	Okara	$300
790 km or 491 mi	Ujjain	$298