Dar es Salaam vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$606
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$1711
🏠 One person rent	$315	$206
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$464
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$264
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$21.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$197
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	50
😀 Quality of life	55	52
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.57M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 19% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6696th and 7596th ($720 vs $606) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 38th in Tanzania and Iran, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 5965th and 6176th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Shiraz

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	Dar es Salaam	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$3.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$59
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$3.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$540
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$20.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$30.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	21.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$1181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$1561
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$2.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$3.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$7.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$5.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$0.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$2.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$4.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$5.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$93.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$151
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$2132

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$604
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$606
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$890
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$621
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$561
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$798
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$646
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$541
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$531
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$604
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$575
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$387
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$599
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$538
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$522
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$868
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$710
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$910
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$543
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$559
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1375
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1005
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1327
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1285
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$959
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$549
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1810
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$875
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698