Dar es Salaam vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1466
🏠 One person rent	$423	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$484
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$283
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$15.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$244
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	58
😀 Quality of life	41	39
🏙️ Population	4.72M	116K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 29% more expensive than in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Cities ranked 6399th and 7383rd ($811 vs $627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Tanzania and Sri Lanka, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Sri Lanka comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.4 months in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ranked 4th in Sri Lanka, while ranked 6871st and 7038th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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	Dar es Salaam	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$6.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$503
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$426
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$14.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	15.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$756
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$592
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$10.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$6.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$8.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$2.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$0.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$23.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$3.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$30.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$71.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$32.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$4137

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Colombo	$631
23 km or 14 mi	Gampaha	$429
36 km or 22 mi	Negombo	$467
49 km or 30 mi	Beruwala	$580
91 km or 57 mi	Kandy	$425
101 km or 63 mi	Galle	$498
126 km or 78 mi	Matara	$502
169 km or 105 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
235 km or 146 mi	Trincomalee	$546
287 km or 178 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
308 km or 192 mi	Nagercoil	$275
317 km or 197 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
377 km or 234 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
390 km or 242 mi	Madurai	$310
407 km or 253 mi	Varkala	$287
428 km or 266 mi	Kollam	$244
440 km or 274 mi	Dindigul	$316
442 km or 274 mi	Thanjavur	$302
457 km or 284 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
479 km or 297 mi	Kottayam	$306
525 km or 326 mi	Kochi	$383
526 km or 327 mi	Ernakulam	$346
540 km or 335 mi	Cuddalore	$306
542 km or 336 mi	Tiruppur	$300
550 km or 342 mi	Erode	$295
559 km or 348 mi	Coimbatore	$339
559 km or 348 mi	Pondicherry	$360
562 km or 349 mi	Salem	$304
573 km or 356 mi	Thrissur	$294
624 km or 388 mi	Malappuram	$306
664 km or 413 mi	Kozhikode	$325
676 km or 420 mi	Vellore	$258
689 km or 428 mi	Chennai	$430
700 km or 435 mi	Mysore	$311
706 km or 439 mi	Chittoor	$354
721 km or 448 mi	Bangalore	$533
745 km or 463 mi	Kannur	$344
753 km or 468 mi	Tirupati	$315
755 km or 469 mi	Madanapalle	$346
767 km or 476 mi	Hulhumale	$1651