Dar es Salaam vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$423	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$374
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	44	56
😀 Quality of life	41	57
🏙️ Population	4.72M	2.42M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 15% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6399th and 6861st ($811 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Tanzania and Brazil, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 6871st and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Salvador

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	Dar es Salaam	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677