Dar es Salaam vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$423	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$744
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$439
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	71
😀 Quality of life	41	62
🏙️ Population	4.72M	8.44M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 25% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 6399th and 7236th ($811 vs $647) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 0.7 months in Hanoi. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 6871st and 4848th 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	$2.93	$1.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$71.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	10.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$2965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$1710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$7.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$5.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$1.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$28.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$12394

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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 Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393