Dar es Salaam vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$809
🏠 One person rent	$363	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	45	47
😀 Quality of life	59	43
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.97M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 139% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 6675th and 9121st ($799 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st in Tanzania and Pakistan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 6017th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Peshawar

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	Dar es Salaam	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.25	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$2261

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684