Dar es Salaam vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$423	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	44	96
😀 Quality of life	41	74
🏙️ Population	4.72M	13.1M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 35% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6399th and 4359th ($811 vs $1244) 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6871st and 1187th 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	$2.93	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592