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

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dar es Salaam	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$763	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1979	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$357	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$228	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	46	45
😀 Quality of life	58	68
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.08M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 4% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6912th and 7085th ($763 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Tanzania and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6157th and 4594th 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	$3.09	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.63	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.97	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$856	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.1	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.26%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1540	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1090	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.92	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.09	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.21	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.24	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.2	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.3	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$496	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15015	$6043

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$588
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$551
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$408
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$544
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$604
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$553
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$523
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$602
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$419
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$797
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$469
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$455
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1233
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1521
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$527
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$542
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$508
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1237
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$530
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$623
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1181
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$533
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$520
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$505
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$496
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1002
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$591
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$624
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$495
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$651
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$458
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$593
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$693
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$563
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$691
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$691

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537