Dar es Salaam vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$423	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	72
😀 Quality of life	41	78
🏙️ Population	4.72M	7.01M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 50% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6399th and 2911th ($811 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.7 months in Riyadh. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6871st and 733rd 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	$2.93	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529