Dar es Salaam vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dar es Salaam	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1928	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$334	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$567	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$222	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$122	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$103	$3694
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	99
😀 Quality of life	55	94
🏙️ Population	4.72M	2.1M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 70% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7084th and 964th ($735 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and France, respectively. Check Tanzania vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6319th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Paris

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	Dar es Salaam	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.9	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$537	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$989	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$332	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.4	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.2	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.5	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.2%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1532	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1077	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.92	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.09	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$82.4	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.19	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.8	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.07	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.4	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.7	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$570	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13482	$19577

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$586
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$546
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$417
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$533
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$611
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$495
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$563
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$540
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$618
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$415
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$807
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$463
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$448
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1196
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1511
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$522
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$543
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$532
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1196
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$559
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$613
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1167
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$549
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$933
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$513
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$524
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$494
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1132
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$603
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$489
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$624
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$452
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$573
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$688
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$531
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$690
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$688

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506