Dar es Salaam vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$423	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$84
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	44	69
😀 Quality of life	41	69
🏙️ Population	4.72M	10.5M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 24% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 6399th and 7169th ($811 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 97th in Tanzania and China, respectively. Check Tanzania vs China 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 Dongguan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Dongguan ranked 16th in China, while ranked 6871st and 2941st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Dongguan

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	Dar es Salaam	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$5615
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$3422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$65.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$20945

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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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$774
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$916
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$601
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$461
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$804
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$653
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2432
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1588
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$794
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$764
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$812
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$936
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$823
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$877
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$755
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$569
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$803
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$758
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$443
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$655
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$451
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$581
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$724
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$761
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$756
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$761
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$771
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$702
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$522
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$590
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$579
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598