Dar es Salaam vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$1710
🏠 One person rent	$363	$222
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$376
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$762
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	95
😀 Quality of life	59	73
🏙️ Population	4.72M	9.5M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 36% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 6675th and 7909th ($799 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 211th 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 1.3 months in Foshan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Foshan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 6017th and 2948th 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	$3.25	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$245
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$48.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$74.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	3.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$4095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$1740
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$9.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$5.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$3.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$9.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$2.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$5.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$67.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$3.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$40.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$57.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$426
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$21696

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$609
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$567
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$421
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$552
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$596
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$526
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$533
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$612
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$420
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$811
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$495
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$460
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1207
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1511
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$527
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$549
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$503
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1207
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$565
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$656
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1168
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$543
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$528
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$511
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$496
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$888
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$623
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$654
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$458
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$582
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$687
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$578
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$688
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$687

Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652