Dar es Salaam vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$761
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1990
🏠 One person rent	$423	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$593
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$83.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$922
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	44	27
😀 Quality of life	41	43
🏙️ Population	4.72M	8.97M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 7% more expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 6399th and 6620th ($811 vs $761) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 37th 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 Ganzhou. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Ganzhou ranked 148th in China, while ranked 6871st and 6697th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Ganzhou

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	Dar es Salaam	Ganzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$2.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$404
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$486
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	3.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$6871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$3172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$5.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$8.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$17058

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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 Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$600
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$818
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$724
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$655
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$564
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$649
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$590
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$577
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$764
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$563
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$590
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$603
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$585
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$755
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$443
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$451
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$582
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$569
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$601
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$581
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$577
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$506
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$656
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$630
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$603
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$609
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$936
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$774
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$688
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$598
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$579
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$611
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$570
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$601
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$823
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$916