Dar es Salaam vs Fuyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Fuyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$633
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1772
🏠 One person rent	$423	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$465
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$74.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$772
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	44	15
😀 Quality of life	41	38
🏙️ Population	4.72M	8.2M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 28% more expensive than in Fuyang. Cities ranked 6399th and 7344th ($811 vs $633) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 146th 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 Fuyang. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Fuyang ranked 326th in China, while ranked 6871st and 7215th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Fuyang

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	Dar es Salaam	Fuyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$197
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$375
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$35.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$11.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$3390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$2006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$19.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$31.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$5.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$73.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$17024

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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 Fuyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
58 km or 36 mi	Jieshou	$591
104 km or 64 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
122 km or 76 mi	Huainan	$608
129 km or 80 mi	Yongcheng	$600
135 km or 84 mi	Zhoukou	$580
136 km or 84 mi	Suzhou	$602
143 km or 89 mi	Lu'an	$664
145 km or 90 mi	Bengbu	$505
149 km or 93 mi	Huaibei	$584
166 km or 103 mi	Zhumadian	$637
170 km or 106 mi	Shangqiu	$736
180 km or 112 mi	Hefei	$625
183 km or 114 mi	Luohe	$591
184 km or 114 mi	Xinyang	$655
198 km or 123 mi	Xuzhou	$484
205 km or 127 mi	Mingguang	$587
205 km or 127 mi	Macheng	$630
217 km or 135 mi	Wugang	$571
223 km or 138 mi	Xuchang	$586
227 km or 141 mi	Chaohu	$621
232 km or 144 mi	Tongcheng	$600
234 km or 146 mi	Guangshui	$619
239 km or 148 mi	Changge	$547
250 km or 156 mi	Kaifeng	$545
251 km or 156 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
255 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
257 km or 160 mi	Yuzhou	$552
257 km or 160 mi	Suqian	$620
260 km or 161 mi	Pizhou	$575
261 km or 162 mi	Qianshan	$576
262 km or 163 mi	Heze	$1385
264 km or 164 mi	Suizhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Anlu	$615
272 km or 169 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
273 km or 169 mi	Tengzhou	$591
274 km or 170 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
276 km or 171 mi	Changyuan	$787
281 km or 174 mi	Zoucheng	$660
283 km or 176 mi	Xiaogan	$651
286 km or 177 mi	Zhengzhou	$512