Dar es Salaam vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$1932
🏠 One person rent	$353	$185
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$415
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$864
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	44	95
😀 Quality of life	55	70
🏙️ Population	4.72M	9.5M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 20% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 6805th and 7753rd ($722 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 301st 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 1.4 months in Foshan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Foshan ranked 11th in China, while ranked 5882nd and 2359th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dar es Salaam vs Foshan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dar-es-salaam/foshan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dar es Salaam vs Foshan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dar-es-salaam/foshan" target="_blank">Dar es Salaam vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Foshan

Prices for goods and services in Dar es Salaam and Foshan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dar es Salaam	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$41.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$4523
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$2043
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$5.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$2.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$69.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$7.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$3.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$549
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$24357

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$763
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$830
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$491
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$678
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$808
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$824
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$641
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1590
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$629
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2427
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$895
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$801
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$819
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$852
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$783
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$780
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1014
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$774
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$774
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$794
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$746
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$726
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$795
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$691
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$725
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$813
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$592
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$605
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$538
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$623
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$607
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$618
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$611
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$671
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$660