Dar es Salaam vs Jaipur - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Jaipur
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$376
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$423	$124
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$308
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$558
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	44	53
😀 Quality of life	41	53
🏙️ Population	4.72M	3.07M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 116% more expensive than in Jaipur. Cities ranked 6399th and 9016th ($811 vs $376) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 41st in Tanzania and India, respectively. Check Tanzania vs India 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 Jaipur. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Jaipur ranked 22nd in India, while ranked 6871st and 6045th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Jaipur

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	Dar es Salaam	Jaipur
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$2.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$2.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.07
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$335
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$230
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$32.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$49.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$8.28
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	8.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$1121
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$440
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$17.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$0.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$5.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$9.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$1.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$0.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$18
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$3.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$8.74
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$2.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$47.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$89.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$1118

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Jaipur

Distance	City	Cost of living
104 km or 64 mi	Alwar	$289
106 km or 66 mi	Sikar	$350
132 km or 82 mi	Ajmer	$279
190 km or 118 mi	Mathura	$292
193 km or 120 mi	Kota	$339
207 km or 129 mi	Gurgaon	$536
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwani	$321
213 km or 133 mi	Bhilwara	$340
215 km or 134 mi	Agra	$353
219 km or 136 mi	Faridabad	$368
231 km or 144 mi	Rohtak	$265
233 km or 145 mi	Noida	$425
236 km or 146 mi	Delhi	$510
243 km or 151 mi	Aligarh	$283
244 km or 152 mi	Gwalior	$328
247 km or 154 mi	Ghaziabad	$386
249 km or 154 mi	Hisar	$251
257 km or 160 mi	Sonipat	$274
280 km or 174 mi	Bikaner	$297
284 km or 176 mi	Pali	$324
286 km or 178 mi	Jodhpur	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Meerut	$342
315 km or 196 mi	Jhansi	$368
322 km or 200 mi	Sambhal	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Udaipur	$310
354 km or 220 mi	Moradabad	$309
377 km or 234 mi	Saharanpur	$283
385 km or 239 mi	Bareilly	$288
408 km or 254 mi	Ratlam	$311
413 km or 256 mi	Patiala	$365
415 km or 258 mi	Ujjain	$298
425 km or 264 mi	Vidisha	$331
426 km or 265 mi	Rishikesh	$349
433 km or 269 mi	Dehradun	$372
434 km or 270 mi	Chandigarh	$369
437 km or 271 mi	Bhopal	$363
444 km or 276 mi	Ludhiana	$441
446 km or 277 mi	Kanpur	$315
467 km or 290 mi	Indore	$367
475 km or 295 mi	Burewala	$356