Dar es Salaam vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$423	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$1394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	44	70
😀 Quality of life	41	78
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.4M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 22% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 6399th and 5261st ($811 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tanzania and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 6871st and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Sofia

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	Dar es Salaam	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$6749

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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 Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$682
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$687
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$576
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$866
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$667
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$734
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$711
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$561
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$588
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$605
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$616
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$612
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$598
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$545
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$772
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$595
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$556
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$988
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$891
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$848
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$463
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$619
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$682
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$537
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$623
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$930
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$629
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$948
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1028
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$807
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$631
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$899
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$635
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$633