Dar es Salaam vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$2035
🏠 One person rent	$353	$257
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$542
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	44	69
😀 Quality of life	55	69
🏙️ Population	4.72M	10.5M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 7% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 6805th and 7055th ($722 vs $678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 115th 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 18th in China, while ranked 5882nd and 3115th 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	$2.56	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$22.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$2.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$685
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$5799
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$25.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$4.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$6.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$50.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$67.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$463
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$21927

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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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623