Dar es Salaam vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$423	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	44	61
😀 Quality of life	41	67
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.99M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 12% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 6399th and 6769th ($811 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and Belarus, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 6871st and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Minsk

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	Dar es Salaam	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$10220

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850