Dar es Salaam vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$423	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$1581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	44	38
😀 Quality of life	41	76
🏙️ Population	4.72M	767K

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 35% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 6399th and 4331st ($811 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Tanzania and Croatia, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 6871st and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Zagreb

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	Dar es Salaam	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$10861

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$552
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$523
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$486
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$545
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$580
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$502
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$498
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$561
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$638
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$408
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$760
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$461
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$589
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1105
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1506
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$525
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$541
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$500
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1100
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$566
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$625
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1150
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$522
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$872
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$483
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$490
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$493
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$748
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$602
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$492
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$605
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$457
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$562
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$648
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$558
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$648
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$650

Cities near Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747