Dar es Salaam vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$720	$631
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2111	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$315	$282
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$746
🍽️ Food expenses	$223	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$64.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$255	$481
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	71
😀 Quality of life	55	65
🏙️ Population	4.72M	8.25M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 14% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 6696th and 7372nd ($720 vs $631) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Tanzania and Vietnam, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 0.8 months in Hanoi. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 5965th and 4592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Hanoi

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	Dar es Salaam	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.95	$2.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.5	$22.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$1.89
🥤 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	$316
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$924	$951
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$78
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$9.09
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	10.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$2514
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$1401
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$1.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.13	$1.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$26.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$4.55
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$34.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.57	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$34
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$86.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$328	$254
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14488	$13775

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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 Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$524
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$557
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$549
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$562
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$504
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$517
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$605
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$590
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$566
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$571
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$573
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$575
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$568
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$554
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$568
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$547
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$574
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$638
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$513
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1212
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1184
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1195
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$735
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$611
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$567
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$573
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$806
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$620
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1233
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$552
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$612
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$500
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$596
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$831
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$857
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$588
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$422