Dar es Salaam vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$423	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$754
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	44	95
😀 Quality of life	41	70
🏙️ Population	4.72M	9.5M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 33% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 6399th and 7543rd ($811 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 199th 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 1.2 months in Foshan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 6871st and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Foshan

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	Dar es Salaam	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.17%
🏙️ 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	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$18096

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642