Dar es Salaam vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$374
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$1053
🏠 One person rent	$315	$123
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$316
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$62.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$459
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	44	62
😀 Quality of life	55	55
🏙️ Population	4.72M	3.38M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 92% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 6696th and 9021st ($720 vs $374) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 68th 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 1.2 months in Lucknow. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 5965th and 5989th 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	$1.95	$2.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$8.44
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$3.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$73.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$335
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$50.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$7.06
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	9.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$1474
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$539
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$13.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$3.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$5.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$5.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$25.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$4.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$2.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$30.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$47.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$80.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$3600

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$762
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$706
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$600
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$622
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$493
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$581
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$452
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$536
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$571
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$524
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$646
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$457
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1144
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$338
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$486
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$439
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$585
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$337
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$493
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1127
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$441
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1165
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$405
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$424
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$332
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1176
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$367
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$557
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$557
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$326
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$542
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$446
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$547
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$448
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$449

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$301
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$471
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$414
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$329
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$342
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$400
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$310
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$363
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$306
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$433
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$435
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$361
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$337
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$352
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$296
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$345
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$362
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$408
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$423
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$458
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$390
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$484
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$284
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$522
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$321
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$335
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$355
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$379
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$455
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$371
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$272
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$291
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$374
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$255
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$316
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$343
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$337