Dar es Salaam vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1849
🏠 One person rent	$423	$320
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$659
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$311
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	44	17
😀 Quality of life	41	18
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.16M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 16% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 6399th and 6885th ($811 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Tanzania and Myanmar, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.4 months in Naypyidaw. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Naypyidaw ranked 4th in Myanmar, while ranked 6871st and 8943rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Naypyidaw

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	Dar es Salaam	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$169
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$540
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$24.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$36.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$44.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	8.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$1289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$885
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$9.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$4.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$1.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$65.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$3.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$13.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$2.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$75.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$8308

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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 Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$660
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$710
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$633
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$650
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$661
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$705
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$678
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$610
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$778
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$351
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$604
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$478
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$625
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$378
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$628
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$683
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$632
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$367
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$287
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1163
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$305
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$309
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$295
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$430
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$543
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$303
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$606
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$408
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$568