Dar es Salaam vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dar es Salaam	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1928	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$334	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$567	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$222	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$122	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$103	$4312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	46	90
😀 Quality of life	55	94
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.51M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 71% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7084th and 863rd ($735 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and Germany, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6319th and 44th 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	$3.04	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.9	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$537	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$989	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$332	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.4	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.2	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.5	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.2%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1532	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1077	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.92	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.09	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$82.4	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.19	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.8	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.07	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.4	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.7	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$570	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13482	$17274

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714