Dar es Salaam vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$2034
🏠 One person rent	$353	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$870
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$501
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	45
😀 Quality of life	55	54
🏙️ Population	4.72M	2.96M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 11% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6805th and 6377th ($722 vs $816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Tanzania and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 5882nd and 5908th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Tashkent

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	Dar es Salaam	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$5.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$25.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$39.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	22.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$913
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$7.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$8.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$47.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$98.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$9093

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$429
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$660
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$596
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$658
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$671
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$666
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$663
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$667
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$468
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$527
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$473
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$469
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$532
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$664
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$461
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$519
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$419
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$530
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$653
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$672
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$567
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$645
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$435
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$452
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$710
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$681
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$467
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$673
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$661
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$450
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$654
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$838