Dar es Salaam vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$1084
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$3226
🏠 One person rent	$315	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$1512
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$220
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	44	28
😀 Quality of life	55	41
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.19M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 34% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 6696th and 4791st ($720 vs $1084) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Tanzania and Mozambique, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.2 months in Maputo. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 5965th and 7059th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Maputo

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	Dar es Salaam	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$57.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$8.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$1.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$872
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$1202
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$49.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$75.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$105
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	21.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$3602
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$2315
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$5.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$6.29
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$6.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$36.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$7.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$26.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$3971

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$978
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$447
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$952
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$558
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$739
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$866
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$746
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$631
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$741
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$755
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$783
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$889
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$908
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$776
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$780
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$637
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$875
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$751
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$845
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$701
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$682
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$535
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$605
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$511
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$837
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$511
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$656
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$719
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$631
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$554
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1014
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$689
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$603