Dar es Salaam vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$423	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$2298
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	44	46
😀 Quality of life	41	74
🏙️ Population	4.72M	298K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 37% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 6399th and 4263rd ($811 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and Bahrain, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 6871st and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Manama

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	Dar es Salaam	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$9896

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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 Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1243
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1223
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$1068
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1056
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$897
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1709
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$901
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1779
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$551
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$546
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$547
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$557
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$589
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1637
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$548
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$736
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2379
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$536
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1494
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2240
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$529
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$547
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$904
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1844
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1239
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$597
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514