Dar es Salaam vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$363	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	45	30
😀 Quality of life	59	33
🏙️ Population	4.72M	4.27M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 74% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 6675th and 8842nd ($799 vs $458) 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 0.2 months in Kabul. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 6017th and 8609th 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	$3.25	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$1486

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439