Dar es Salaam vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$2037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$4974
🏠 One person rent	$353	$1185
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$2324
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$2358
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	44	77
😀 Quality of life	55	84
🏙️ Population	4.72M	936K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 65% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 6805th and 1770th ($722 vs $2037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th 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 5882nd and 358th 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	$2.56	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$8.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$1355
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$2790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$1935
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$25.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	5.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$12822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$8413
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$1.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$63.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$2.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$9.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$86.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$91.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$859
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$11066

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$934
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$952
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1400
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1835
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$721
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1768
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$847
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1536
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2115
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1741
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1853
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1866
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1825
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1868
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$1881
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1769
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1836
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1815
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$730
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$1996
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2020
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1751
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2154
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$705
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1795
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2098
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2254
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1918
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1775
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1651
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2085
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1917
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1872
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$692
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1838
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1651
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1632
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1671