Dar es Salaam vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$1586
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$3407
🏠 One person rent	$353	$921
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$1393
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$2861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	71
😀 Quality of life	55	77
🏙️ Population	4.72M	7.01M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 54% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6805th and 3292nd ($722 vs $1586) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Tanzania and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.8 months in Riyadh. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5882nd and 796th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Riyadh

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	Dar es Salaam	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$726
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$1969
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$1032
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$99.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	5.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$2212
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$8.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$2.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$5.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$49.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$373
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$10359

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489