Dar es Salaam vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$423	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	44	71
😀 Quality of life	41	64
🏙️ Population	4.72M	2.95M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 5% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 6399th and 6262nd ($811 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 Kyiv. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 6871st and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Kyiv

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	Dar es Salaam	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$7184

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570