Dar es Salaam vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$353	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	60
😀 Quality of life	55	56
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.42M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 44% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6805th and 8657th ($722 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 17th in Tanzania and Ukraine, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 5882nd and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Kharkiv

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	Dar es Salaam	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$2513

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529