Dar es Salaam vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Ouagadougou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2390
🏠 One person rent	$423	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$99.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$559
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	44	22
😀 Quality of life	41	21
🏙️ Population	4.72M	2.45M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 7% less expensive than in Ouagadougou. Cities ranked 6399th and 6195th ($811 vs $869) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and Burkina Faso, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Burkina Faso comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.6 months in Ouagadougou. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Ouagadougou ranked 1st in Burkina Faso, while ranked 6871st and 8814th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Ouagadougou

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	Dar es Salaam	Ouagadougou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$7.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$368
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$194
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$80.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	12.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$210
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$12.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$1.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$3.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$60.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$15761

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Ouagadougou

Distance	City	Cost of living
91 km or 57 mi	Koudougou	$743
92 km or 57 mi	Manga	$774
153 km or 95 mi	Leo	$753
166 km or 103 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
210 km or 130 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
210 km or 131 mi	Dedougou	$735
255 km or 158 mi	Dori	$771
256 km or 159 mi	Nouna	$733
326 km or 203 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
336 km or 209 mi	Tamale	$507
415 km or 258 mi	Niamey	$1019
431 km or 268 mi	Kara	$658
464 km or 288 mi	Sikasso	$499
475 km or 295 mi	Sokode	$651
503 km or 313 mi	Sotouboua	$649
513 km or 319 mi	Markala	$489
527 km or 327 mi	Segou	$490
551 km or 342 mi	Korhogo	$916
611 km or 380 mi	Atakpame	$647
620 km or 385 mi	Hohoe	$575
631 km or 392 mi	Kumasi	$433
646 km or 401 mi	Bouake	$937
650 km or 404 mi	Kpalime	$632
652 km or 405 mi	Save	$613
655 km or 407 mi	Banamba	$491
656 km or 407 mi	Bougouni	$489
657 km or 408 mi	Koulikoro	$490
662 km or 411 mi	Abengourou	$889
676 km or 420 mi	Ho	$354
685 km or 426 mi	Obuasi	$551
693 km or 430 mi	Abomey	$590
702 km or 436 mi	Bamako	$569
710 km or 441 mi	Koforidua	$588
738 km or 459 mi	Sokoto	$426
740 km or 460 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
755 km or 469 mi	Lome	$755
759 km or 471 mi	Ashaiman	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Tema	$553
765 km or 476 mi	Accra	$729
773 km or 480 mi	Agboville	$882