Dar es Salaam vs Multan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Multan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$392
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1005
🏠 One person rent	$423	$140
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$304
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$173
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$39.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$197
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	0 km
🎓 Higher education	44	29
😀 Quality of life	41	21
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.87M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 107% more expensive than in Multan. Cities ranked 6399th and 8975th ($811 vs $392) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Tanzania and Pakistan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.5 months in Multan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Multan ranked 15th in Pakistan, while ranked 6871st and 8811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Multan

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	Dar es Salaam	Multan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$2.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$6.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$67.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$256
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$52.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	17.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$1478
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$654
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$7.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$6.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$1.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$14.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$2.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$8.01
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$2.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$15.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$69.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$1778

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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 Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$361
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$356
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$292
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$342
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$300
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$306
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$389
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$458
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$297
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$411
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$308
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$325
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$383
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$373
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$339
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$379
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$281
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$354
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$358
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$442
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$346
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$266
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$338
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$287
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$441
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$251
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$366
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$366
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$350