Dar es Salaam vs Samsun - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Samsun
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$1518
🏠 One person rent	$315	$226
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$433
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$221
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$47
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$431
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	44	23
😀 Quality of life	55	41
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.34M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 27% more expensive than in Samsun. Cities ranked 6696th and 7971st ($720 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 59th in Tanzania and Turkey, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.8 months in Samsun. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Samsun ranked 59th in Turkey, while ranked 5965th and 7036th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Samsun

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	Dar es Salaam	Samsun
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$4.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$7.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$2.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$260
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$318
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$46.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$11.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	36.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$1548
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$432
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$9.42
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$5.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$6.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$5.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$6.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$3.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$1.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$26
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$27.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$3.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$88.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$10901

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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 Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$516
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$651
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$556
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$551
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$476
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$490
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$469
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$547
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$512
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$555
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$556
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$499
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$572
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$580
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$463
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$416
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$431
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$522
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$519
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$315
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$498
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$800
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$567
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$490
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$532
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$571
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$683
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$397
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$554
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$622
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$545
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$591
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$519
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$530
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$594
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$618
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$521
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$815
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$628