Dar es Salaam vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$1278
🏠 One person rent	$315	$157
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$242
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$679
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	44	16
😀 Quality of life	55	18
🏙️ Population	4.72M	519K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 35% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 6696th and 8241st ($720 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Tanzania and Lesotho, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.3 months in Maseru. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 5965th and 9015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Maseru

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	Dar es Salaam	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$1.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$164
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$82.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$249
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$37.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$56.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	8.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$333
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$447
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$25.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$5.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$3.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$6.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$5.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$8.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$4.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$3.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$4.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$710

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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 Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$511
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$682
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$701
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$753
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$689
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$703
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$637
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$875
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$780
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$908
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$631
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$741
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$889
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$776
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$739
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$746
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$755
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$710
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$783
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$845
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$683
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$751
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$719
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$866
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$704
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$631
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$558
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$447
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$633
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$805
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$656
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$866
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$603