Dar es Salaam vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$363	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$3954
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	45	90
😀 Quality of life	59	94
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.51M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 68% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6675th and 920th ($799 vs $2463) 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 0.4 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 6017th and 61st 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	$3.25	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$14492

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$609
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$567
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$421
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$552
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$596
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$526
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$533
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$612
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$420
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$811
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$495
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$460
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1207
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1511
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$527
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$549
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$503
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1207
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$565
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$656
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1168
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$543
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$528
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$511
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$496
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$888
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$623
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$654
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$458
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$582
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$687
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$578
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$688
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$687

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730