Dar es Salaam vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$423	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	44	30
😀 Quality of life	41	14
🏙️ Population	4.72M	4.27M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 71% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 6399th and 8769th ($811 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Tanzania and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 6871st and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Kabul

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	Dar es Salaam	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476