Dar es Salaam vs Phoenix - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Phoenix
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$2395
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$5245
🏠 One person rent	$423	$1494
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$2384
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$4432
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	44	69
😀 Quality of life	41	90
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.61M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 66% less expensive than in Phoenix. Cities ranked 6399th and 955th ($811 vs $2395) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 875th in Tanzania and the United States, respectively. Check Tanzania vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.9 months in Phoenix. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Phoenix ranked 31st in the United States, while ranked 6871st and 146th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dar es Salaam vs Phoenix infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dar-es-salaam/phoenix.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dar es Salaam vs Phoenix infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dar-es-salaam/phoenix" target="_blank">Dar es Salaam vs Phoenix - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Phoenix

Prices for goods and services in Dar es Salaam and Phoenix are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dar es Salaam	Phoenix
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$12.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$6.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$1215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$2412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$2009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$70.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$3133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$63.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$3.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$1.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$4.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$50.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$92.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$1103
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$12281

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$1979
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2342
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2423
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2304
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2413
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2525
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2468
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2328
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2306
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2417
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2388
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2281
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2319
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2466
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2073
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$1957
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2763
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1815
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$1926
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2077
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$830
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1947
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1852
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$788
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2729
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$913
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2724