Dar es Salaam vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$315	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$626
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	43
😀 Quality of life	55	63
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.08M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 12% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6696th and 6335th ($720 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Tanzania and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Kazakhstan 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 Nur-Sultan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5965th and 4845th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Nur-Sultan

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	Dar es Salaam	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$8086

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$762
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$706
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$600
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$622
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$493
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$581
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$452
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$536
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$571
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$524
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$646
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$457
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1144
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$338
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$486
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$439
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$585
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$337
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$493
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1127
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$441
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1165
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$405
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$424
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$332
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1176
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$367
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$557
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$557
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$326
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$542
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$446
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$547
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$448
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$449

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651