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Tanzania / East Africa

Dar es Salaam City Intelligence

Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's largest city and a major Indian-Ocean port, useful for cross-region East-African comparison. Dar es Salaam is a east africa city of about ~7.4M metro in Tanzania. On the composite city-intelligence score, Dar es Salaam sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (60/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~7.4M metro
View of Askari Monument in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Askari Monument

Image credit: Image: Moongateclimber / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Overall score

Use the Dar es Salaam profile to compare cost framing, country-level transport and healthcare context, and coastal resilience.

Overall60/100
Affordability76/100
Air quality56/100
Energy54/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

60/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Dar es Salaam data table

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Dar es Salaam city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score60/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living76/100Dar es Salaam's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality56/100Dar es Salaam's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy54/100Dar es Salaam's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety57/100Dar es Salaam's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed57/100Dar es Salaam's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk54/100Dar es Salaam's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience54/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety45/100
Low crime45/100
Personal safety47/100
Night safety38/100
Road safety49/100

Dar es Salaam scores below average for safety in our index (45/100); research neighborhoods and take standard precautions.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life52/100
Healthcare52/100
Education60/100
Green space40/100
Cleanliness48/100
Infrastructure55/100
Mobility58/100

Dar es Salaam has a modest quality-of-life estimate (52/100) across our combined indicators.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness51/100
Education60/100
Green space40/100
Overall safety45/100

Dar es Salaam scores modest for family living (51/100).

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability61/100
Walkability80/100
Cycling54/100
Infrastructure55/100

Dar es Salaam is moderate for remote workers (61/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability55/100
Healthcare52/100
Cleanliness48/100
Outdoor lifestyle23/100

Dar es Salaam is moderate for retirement (55/100), appealing for affordability.

Emergency and public safety in Dar es Salaam

Local public safety guidance for Dar es Salaam, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Dar es Salaam, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Tanzania emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Dar es Salaam

Healthcare context for Dar es Salaam, with national-level information from Tanzania where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Dar es Salaam, see the Tanzania healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Dar es Salaam

Local mobility context for Dar es Salaam, with national-level context from Tanzania where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Dar es Salaam, see the Tanzania transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Dar es Salaam. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Dar es Salaam

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Dar es Salaam will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Dar es Salaam air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Dar es Salaam modules

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Cost of Living in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Dar es Salaam

Cost of living estimates for Dar es Salaam — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Dar es Salaam

Climate profile for Dar es Salaam — Tropical climate, annual average 26.7°C, comfort score 67/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Dar es Salaam

Economy and jobs profile for Dar es Salaam — mixed economy, economy score 50/100, key industries including agriculture, logistics, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Dar es Salaam

Education profile for Dar es Salaam — mixed education base, education score 54/100, 5 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Dar es Salaam

Healthcare and retirement profile for Dar es Salaam — developing healthcare market, healthcare score 51/100, retirement score 58/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Dar es Salaam

Estimate a monthly budget for Dar es Salaam using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Dar es Salaam

Plan a trip budget for Dar es Salaam using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Dar es Salaam

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Dar es Salaam. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Nairobi, Kenya

Cross-border · about 673 km from Dar es Salaam. Explore Nairobi's city intelligence profile.

Kampala, Uganda

Cross-border · about 1087 km from Dar es Salaam. Explore Kampala's city intelligence profile.

Kigali, Rwanda

Cross-border · about 1152 km from Dar es Salaam. Explore Kigali's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Use the Dar es Salaam profile to compare cost framing, country-level transport and healthcare context, and coastal resilience. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (76/100) and safety (57/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (54/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Tanzania country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Dar es Salaam appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.