Dar es Salaam vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$439
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$1168
🏠 One person rent	$353	$198
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$150
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$35.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$256
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	44	67
😀 Quality of life	55	49
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.01M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 65% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 6805th and 8895th ($722 vs $439) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd 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 0.6 months in Islamabad. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 5882nd and 6293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Islamabad

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	Dar es Salaam	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$92
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$505
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$18.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	20.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$1307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$493
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$6.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.32
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$1.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$1.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$22.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$17.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$2.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$20.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$59.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$3133

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$736
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$675
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$639
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$601
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$560
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$564
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$548
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$543
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$482
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$745
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$433
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$571
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1091
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1500
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$534
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$535
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$493
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1093
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$574
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$466
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1394
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$518
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1190
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$460
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$483
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$516
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1079
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$581
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$583
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$498
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$511
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$509
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$559
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$509
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$509

Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$323
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$328
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$372
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$277
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$338
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$374
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$456
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$335
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$344
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$280
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$308
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$358
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$319
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$406
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$344
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$500
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$312
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$407
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$441
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$310
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$469
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$378
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$599
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$358
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$360
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$430
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$371
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$476
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$397