Dar es Salaam vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$423	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$401
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	44	35
😀 Quality of life	41	35
🏙️ Population	4.72M	2.96M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 49% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 6399th and 8272nd ($811 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and Yemen, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 6871st and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Sanaa

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	Dar es Salaam	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$2809

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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 Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886