Dar es Salaam vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$2737
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$6793
🏠 One person rent	$423	$1830
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$3856
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$232
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$3804
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	44	100
😀 Quality of life	41	88
🏙️ Population	4.72M	7.41M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 70% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 6399th and 427th ($811 vs $2737) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.4 months in Hong Kong. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 6871st and 248th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Hong Kong

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	Dar es Salaam	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$57.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$6.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$7.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$1.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$2169
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$1533
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$4708
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$3331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$26276
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$16290
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$69.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$3.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$24.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$22.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$3.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$1.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$18.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$84.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$23.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$83.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$1052
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$22706

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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 Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$916
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$653
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1588
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$461
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$656
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$601
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$804
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$774
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$936
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$812
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$764
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$794
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$823
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$877
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$569
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$451
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$655
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$803
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$756
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$761
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$758
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$761
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$724
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$771
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$649
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$688
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$650
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$702
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$823
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$522
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598