Dar es Salaam vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$353	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	44	29
😀 Quality of life	55	13
🏙️ Population	4.72M	4.27M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 21% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 6805th and 7801st ($722 vs $599) 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 5882nd and 9123rd 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	$2.56	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$1452

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487