Dar es Salaam vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$1341
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$3192
🏠 One person rent	$353	$726
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$75
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$1594
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	61
😀 Quality of life	55	80
🏙️ Population	4.72M	581K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 46% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 6805th and 4248th ($722 vs $1341) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Tanzania and Lithuania, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.2 months in Vilnius. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 5882nd and 531st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Vilnius

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	Dar es Salaam	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$57.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$8.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$4.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$741
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$527
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$1406
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$920
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$5601
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$3443
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$32.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$8.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$53.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$82.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$97
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$570
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$8624

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$856
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$871
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1191
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$950
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$886
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$902
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$390
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$899
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1061
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$717
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$516
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$999
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$946
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1057
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$563
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1002
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$856
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$817
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1169
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$916
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1377
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1016
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$437
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$578
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$527
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$437
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$298
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$893
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1029
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$467
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$931
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$923
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$977
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1406