Dar es Salaam vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$338
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$820
🏠 One person rent	$353	$125
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$220
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$127
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$53
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$193
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	44	48
😀 Quality of life	55	40
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.97M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 114% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 6805th and 9126th ($722 vs $338) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 19th 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 0.6 months in Peshawar. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Peshawar ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 5882nd and 6896th 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	$2.56	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$3.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$98
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$44.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$211
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$97.5
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$56.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	20.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$7.15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$3.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$1.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$1.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$0.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$9.61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$1.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$28.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$525

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$736
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$675
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$639
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$601
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$560
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$564
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$548
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$543
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$482
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$745
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$433
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$571
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1091
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1500
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$534
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$535
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$493
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1093
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$574
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$466
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1394
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$518
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1190
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$460
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$483
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$516
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1079
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$581
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$583
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$498
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$511
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$509
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$559
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$509
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$509

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$374
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$372
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$358
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$323
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$439
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$441
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$469
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$599
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$328
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$456
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$277
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$476
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$373
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$388
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$319
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$280
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$335
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$344
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$308
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$344
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$312
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$467
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$310
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$500
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$358
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$371
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$407
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$360
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$378
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659