Dar es Salaam vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$1657
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$3999
🏠 One person rent	$315	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$1749
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$73.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$1375
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	37
😀 Quality of life	55	72
🏙️ Population	4.72M	6.44K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 57% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 6696th and 2834th ($720 vs $1657) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Tanzania and Malta, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.8 months in Valletta. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Valletta ranked 6th in Malta, while ranked 5965th and 2020th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Valletta

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	Dar es Salaam	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$760
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$2091
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$1453
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$81.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$44.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$8034
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$4060
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.45
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$3.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$5.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$73.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$121
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$10317

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1670
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1708
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1278
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1608
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1372
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1469
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1338
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1583
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1120
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$927
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1027
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1103
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$983
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1163
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$936
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1150
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1122
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1050
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$979
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1329
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$418
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$423
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$470
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$389
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$435
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1530
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1324
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$377
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$596
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$386
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$340
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$390
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$433
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$514
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1017
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1307
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$407
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$355