Dar es Salaam vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$353	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$3717
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	44	91
😀 Quality of life	55	94
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.51M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 69% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6805th and 1056th ($722 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Tanzania and Germany, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5882nd and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Munich

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	Dar es Salaam	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$19483

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668