Dar es Salaam vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$423	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$3476
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	44	83
😀 Quality of life	41	93
🏙️ Population	4.72M	633K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 59% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 6399th and 1961st ($811 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Tanzania and Germany, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 6871st and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Stuttgart

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	Dar es Salaam	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581