Dar es Salaam vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$2136
🏠 One person rent	$315	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$87.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$961
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	44	26
😀 Quality of life	55	46
🏙️ Population	4.72M	8.97M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 11% less expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 6696th and 6347th ($720 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 29th 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 145th in China, while ranked 5965th and 6556th 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	$1.95	$3.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$581
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$37.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$57.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	4.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$6930
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$3460
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$5.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$6.68
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$30.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$8.94
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$463
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$16968

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$762
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$706
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$600
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$622
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$493
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$581
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$452
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$536
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$571
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$524
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$646
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$457
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1144
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$338
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$486
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$439
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$585
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$337
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$493
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1127
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$441
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1165
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$405
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$424
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$332
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1176
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$367
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$557
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$557
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$326
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$542
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$446
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$547
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$448
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$449

Cities near Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$613
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$856
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$752
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$799
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$581
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$713
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$587
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$573
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$891
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$565
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$530
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$667
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$620
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$774
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$585
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$716
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$588
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$578
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$781
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$738
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$837
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$589
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$533
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$538
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$589
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$678
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$645
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$584
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$1083
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$742
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$721
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$643
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$570
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$575
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$555
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$655
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$851
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$785
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$939