Dar es Salaam vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dar es Salaam	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$763	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1979	$5802
🏠 One person rent	$357	$1417
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$2357
🍽️ Food expenses	$228	$720
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$3437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	46	77
😀 Quality of life	58	86
🏙️ Population	4.72M	936K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 69% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 6912th and 911th ($763 vs $2483) 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 0.3 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.4 months in Jerusalem. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Jerusalem ranked 2nd in Israel, while ranked 6157th and 410th 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	$3.09	$25.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$94.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.63	$19.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$10.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.97	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$1119
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$856	$2975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$160
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.1	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.26%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1540	$16323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1090	$9037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.92	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.09	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.21	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.24	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.2	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.3	$152
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$496	$1104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15015	$27069

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$588
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$551
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$408
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$544
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$604
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$553
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$523
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$602
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$419
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$797
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$469
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$455
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1233
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1521
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$527
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$542
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$508
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1237
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$530
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$623
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1181
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$533
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$520
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$505
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$496
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1002
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$591
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$624
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$495
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$651
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$458
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$593
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$693
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$563
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$691
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$691

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1122
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2154
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1062
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1821
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2346
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2066
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2260
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2449
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2031
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$910
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$3089
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2274
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$546
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2207
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1946
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1962
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1761