Dar es Salaam vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$339
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$828
🏠 One person rent	$363	$113
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$190
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$141
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$47.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	63
😀 Quality of life	59	57
🏙️ Population	4.72M	3.38M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 136% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 6675th and 9112th ($799 vs $339) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 85th in Tanzania and India, respectively. Check Tanzania vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1 months in Lucknow. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Lucknow ranked 29th in India, while ranked 6017th and 6127th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Lucknow

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	Dar es Salaam	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.25	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$3.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$70.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$25.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$38.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$7.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	8.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$1253
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$5.66
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$3.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$3.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$5.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$7.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$3.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$0.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$17.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$2.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$39.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$43.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$1151

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$609
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$567
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$421
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$552
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$596
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$526
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$533
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$612
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$420
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$811
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$495
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$460
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1207
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1511
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$527
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$549
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$503
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1207
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$565
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$656
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1168
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$543
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$528
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$511
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$496
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$888
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$623
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$654
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$458
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$582
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$687
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$578
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$688
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$687

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$320
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$279
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$290
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$276
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$273
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$329
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$345
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$388
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$301
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$304
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$290
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$293
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$328
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$350
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$437
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$293
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$489
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$296
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$514
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$260
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$320
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$427
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$270
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$297
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$388
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$334
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$248
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$293