Dar es Salaam vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$353	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$1966
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	44	93
😀 Quality of life	55	83
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.86M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 59% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6805th and 2592nd ($722 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Tanzania and Poland, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5882nd and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Warsaw

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	Dar es Salaam	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$13474

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390