Dar es Salaam vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dar es Salaam	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$763	$681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1979	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$357	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$402
🍽️ Food expenses	$228	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$44.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$636
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	46	15
😀 Quality of life	58	27
🏙️ Population	4.72M	344K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 12% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 6912th and 7352nd ($763 vs $681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and Lesotho, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.9 months in Maseru. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 6157th and 8913th 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	$3.09	$9.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.63	$8.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.97	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$144
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$73.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$856	$263
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$134
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.1	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$36.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.26%	8.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1540	$399
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1090	$538
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$31.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$6.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$7.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$6.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.92	$6.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$5.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.09	$3.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$2.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.21	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$24
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.24	$4.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$2.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.2	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.3	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$496	$55
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15015	$1246

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$588
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$551
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$408
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$544
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$604
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$553
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$523
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$602
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$419
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$797
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$469
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$455
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1233
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1521
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$527
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$542
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$508
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1237
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$530
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$623
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1181
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$533
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$520
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$505
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$496
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1002
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$591
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$624
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$495
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$651
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$458
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$593
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$693
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$563
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$691
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$691

Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$573
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$630
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$604
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$763
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$826
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$875
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$927
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$952
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$826
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$716
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$791
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$865
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$1050
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$765
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$1057
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$948
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$1171
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$792
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$892
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$1089
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$958
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$912
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$910
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$967
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1419
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$1049
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$1017
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$795
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$950
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$901
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$899
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$874
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$697
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$652
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$511
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$694
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$980
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$731
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1036
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$662