Dar es Salaam vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$1854
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$4529
🏠 One person rent	$315	$947
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$1747
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$548
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$2931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	44	98
😀 Quality of life	55	94
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.97M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 61% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 6696th and 2189th ($720 vs $1854) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Tanzania and Austria, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.6 months in Vienna. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 5965th and 45th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Vienna

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	Dar es Salaam	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$63.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$677
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$1773
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$1318
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	3.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$9051
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$5834
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$2.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$48.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$4.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$4.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$6.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$138
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$18.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$272
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$14916

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1621
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1325
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1269
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1197
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1535
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$765
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1543
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$946
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$995
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$797
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$988
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1073
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$747
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$829
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1158
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1378
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$901
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1011
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1229
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1020
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1125
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1393
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1013
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1005
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$956
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1149
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1658
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1508
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1033
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1084
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1646
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$762
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1562
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1546
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$916
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$898