Dar es Salaam vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$353	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	46
😀 Quality of life	55	55
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.21M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 13% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6805th and 7383rd ($722 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 28th in Tanzania and Russia, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 5882nd and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Dar es Salaam	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$5245

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519