Dar es Salaam vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$353	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$1262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	44	96
😀 Quality of life	55	74
🏙️ Population	4.72M	13M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 33% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6805th and 5091st ($722 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 5882nd and 1280th 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	$2.56	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$11652

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$736
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$675
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$639
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$601
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$560
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$564
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$548
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$543
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$482
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$745
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$433
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$571
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1091
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1500
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$534
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$535
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$493
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1093
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$574
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$466
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1394
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$518
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1190
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$460
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$483
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$516
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1079
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$581
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$583
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$498
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$511
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$509
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$559
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$509
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$509

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541