Dar es Salaam vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$1031
🏠 One person rent	$353	$161
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$54.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$177
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	44	69
😀 Quality of life	55	46
🏙️ Population	4.72M	11.1M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 78% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 6805th and 8968th ($722 vs $406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th 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 Lahore. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 5882nd and 6453rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Lahore

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	Dar es Salaam	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$17.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$101
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$65.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$72.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$16.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	20%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$588
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$5.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$2.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$0.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$2.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$0.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$12.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$5.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$3.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$15.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$69.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$33.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$1046

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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 Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$500
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$308
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$280
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$335
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$330
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$310
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$378
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$312
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$319
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$373
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$344
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$407
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$430
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$344
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$456
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$328
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$360
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$358
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$397
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$439
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$358
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$286
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$388
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$323
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$277
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$252
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$371
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$328
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$284
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$374
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$280
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$372
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$375
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$338