Dar es Salaam vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$429
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$1025
🏠 One person rent	$353	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$173
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	44	63
😀 Quality of life	55	49
🏙️ Population	4.72M	14.9M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 68% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 6805th and 8915th ($722 vs $429) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Tanzania and Pakistan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5882nd and 6242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Karachi

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	Dar es Salaam	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$2.14
🥤 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	$441	$141
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$96.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$307
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$97.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$9.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	21.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$338
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$5.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$3.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$52.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$42.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$1146

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548