Dar es Salaam vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$423	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$216
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	46
😀 Quality of life	41	50
🏙️ Population	4.72M	3M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 60% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 6399th and 8574th ($811 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 84th in Tanzania and Iran, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 6871st and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Mashhad

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	Dar es Salaam	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$618

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788