Dar es Salaam vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$363	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	46
😀 Quality of life	59	60
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.2M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 9% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6675th and 6322nd ($799 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th 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 6017th and 5937th 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	$3.25	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758