Dar es Salaam vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$550
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$1377
🏠 One person rent	$353	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$486
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$60.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$406
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	44	35
😀 Quality of life	55	19
🏙️ Population	4.72M	2.96M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 31% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 6805th and 8269th ($722 vs $550) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 5882nd and 8890th 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	$2.56	$2.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$591
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$356
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	12.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$1730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$908
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$11.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$5.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$6.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$6.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$7.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$4.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$4
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$60.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$80.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$2963

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$736
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$675
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$639
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$601
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$560
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$564
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$548
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$543
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$482
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$745
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$433
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$571
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1091
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1500
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$534
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$535
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$493
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1093
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$574
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$466
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1394
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$518
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1190
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$460
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$483
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$516
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1079
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$581
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$583
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$498
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$511
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$509
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$559
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$509
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$509

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$491
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$491
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$504
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$489
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$488
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$514
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$934
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$509
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$915
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$553
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$584
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$895
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$492
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$554
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$491
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$895
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$686
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$524
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$490
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$527
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$491
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$684
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$814
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$671
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$626
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$946
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$940
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$988
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1123
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1586
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$806
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$810