Dar es Salaam vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dar es Salaam	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1928	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$334	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$567	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$222	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$122	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$103	$1104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	46	96
😀 Quality of life	55	72
🏙️ Population	4.72M	13.3M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 56% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7084th and 3277th ($735 vs $1678) 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 0.1 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6319th and 2774th 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	$3.04	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.9	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$537	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$989	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$332	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.4	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.2	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.5	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.2%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1532	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1077	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.92	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.09	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$82.4	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.19	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.8	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.07	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.4	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.7	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$570	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13482	$20160

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$586
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$546
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$417
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$533
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$611
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$495
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$563
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$540
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$618
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$415
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$807
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$463
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$448
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1196
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1511
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$522
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$543
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$532
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1196
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$559
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$613
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1167
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$549
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$933
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$513
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$524
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$494
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1132
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$603
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$489
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$624
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$452
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$573
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$688
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$531
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$690
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$688

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749