Dar es Salaam vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$423	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	76
😀 Quality of life	41	55
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.59M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 10% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 6399th and 6734th ($811 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Tanzania and Iran, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Iran 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 Karaj. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 6871st and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Karaj

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	Dar es Salaam	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$823

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$688
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$684
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$698
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$693
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$698
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$645
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$788
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$714
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$681
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$680
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$665
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$651
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$618
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$574
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$488
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$557
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$458
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$552
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$534
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$658
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$562
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$580
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$455
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$466
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$443
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$469
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$505
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$685
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$554