Cost of Living in Dar es Salaam

This page summarises typical cost of living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, expressed in TZS. A single person can expect to budget around 1,560,000 TZS per month before rent-driven variation, with an affordability score of 76/100 (higher means more affordable). On that scale Dar es Salaam is relatively affordable relative to other cities in the dataset. These are deterministic planning estimates derived from a country cost baseline adjusted for the city's affordability and size — they are not live market prices, not a ranking, and should be verified against current local sources before relocation or travel decisions.

Currency: TZS. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16.

Dar es Salaam has an affordability score of 76/100, which places it in the relatively affordable range relative to other indexed cities. Because every city profile uses the same scale, this score is the most reliable cross-city comparison — local-currency totals above are not directly comparable between countries.

In Dar es Salaam a single-person monthly budget is around 1,560,000 TZS and a one-bedroom rent around 829,000 TZS. Use the affordability score (76/100) to compare across countries, since amounts are shown in each city's local currency.

• Cost of living in Nairobi — affordability 80/100
• Cost of living in Kampala — affordability 78/100
• Cost of living in Addis Ababa — affordability 82/100