Dar es Salaam vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$1284
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$2919
🏠 One person rent	$315	$835
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$1638
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$324
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$35.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$1041
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	44	7
😀 Quality of life	55	63
🏙️ Population	4.72M	133K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 44% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6696th and 4218th ($720 vs $1284) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Tanzania and Maldives, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.8 months in Male. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 5965th and 4858th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Male

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	Dar es Salaam	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$3.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$843
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$595
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$1667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$1337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$84.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$106
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	13.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$2469
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$1990
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$21.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$9.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$7.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$7.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$7.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$73.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$4.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$3438

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339