Dar es Salaam vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$363	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	45	96
😀 Quality of life	59	73
🏙️ Population	4.72M	13.3M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 44% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6675th and 4141st ($799 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and Russia, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6017th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Moscow

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	Dar es Salaam	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.25	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$15272

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$609
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$567
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$421
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$552
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$596
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$526
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$533
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$612
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$420
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$811
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$495
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$460
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1207
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1511
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$527
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$549
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$503
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1207
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$565
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$656
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1168
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$543
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$528
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$511
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$496
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$888
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$623
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$654
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$458
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$582
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$687
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$578
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$688
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$687

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772