Dar es Salaam vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$315	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$2566
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	71
😀 Quality of life	55	74
🏙️ Population	4.72M	7.01M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 56% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6696th and 2922nd ($720 vs $1642) 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 1.6 months in Riyadh. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5965th and 1210th 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	$1.95	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$9649

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$762
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$706
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$600
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$622
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$493
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$581
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$452
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$536
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$571
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$524
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$646
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$457
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1144
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$338
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$486
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$439
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$585
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$337
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$493
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1127
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$441
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1165
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$405
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$424
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$332
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1176
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$367
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$557
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$557
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$326
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$542
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$446
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$547
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$448
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$449

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561