Dar es Salaam vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$1181
🏠 One person rent	$315	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$383
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$175
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	44	29
😀 Quality of life	55	21
🏙️ Population	4.72M	4.27M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 27% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 6696th and 7972nd ($720 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st 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 0.3 months in Kabul. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 5965th and 8953rd 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	$1.95	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$295
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	14.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$8.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$3.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$6.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$9.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$2.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$11.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$2.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$13.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$14.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$41.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$22.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$1370

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$762
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$706
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$600
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$622
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$493
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$581
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$452
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$536
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$571
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$524
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$646
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$457
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1144
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$338
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$486
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$439
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$585
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$337
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$493
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1127
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$441
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1165
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$405
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$424
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$332
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1176
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$367
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$557
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$557
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$326
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$542
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$446
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$547
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$448
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$449

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484