Dar es Salaam vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$2447
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$5689
🏠 One person rent	$363	$1439
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$2480
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$674
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$3017
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	45	78
😀 Quality of life	59	87
🏙️ Population	4.72M	936K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 67% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 6675th and 950th ($799 vs $2447) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Tanzania and Israel, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 6017th and 351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Jerusalem

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	Dar es Salaam	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.25	$24.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$81.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$18.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$9.82
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$1189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$2738
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	5.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$14293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$9538
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$72.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$2.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$21.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$3.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$3.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$3.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$91.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$99.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$143
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$23696

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850