Dar es Salaam vs Linyi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Linyi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1501
🏠 One person rent	$423	$173
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$358
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$214
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$71.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$693
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	44	22
😀 Quality of life	41	39
🏙️ Population	4.72M	11M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 50% more expensive than in Linyi. Cities ranked 6399th and 8318th ($811 vs $541) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 447th 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 1.3 months in Linyi. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Linyi ranked 264th in China, while ranked 6871st and 7039th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Linyi

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	Dar es Salaam	Linyi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$6.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$137
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$80.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$219
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$5.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	3.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$3538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$1033
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$4.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$36.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$3.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$68.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$6168

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Linyi

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
77 km or 48 mi	Xinyi	$572
85 km or 53 mi	Pizhou	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Lianyungang	$536
107 km or 66 mi	Rizhao	$566
107 km or 67 mi	Xintai	$578
109 km or 67 mi	Tengzhou	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Suqian	$620
137 km or 85 mi	Qufu	$593
138 km or 86 mi	Xuzhou	$484
139 km or 86 mi	Laiwu	$575
143 km or 89 mi	Zhucheng	$561
160 km or 100 mi	Anqiu	$514
166 km or 103 mi	Jining	$643
170 km or 106 mi	Tai'an	$561
175 km or 109 mi	Zoucheng	$660
182 km or 113 mi	Qingzhou	$543
188 km or 117 mi	Huaibei	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Huai'an	$668
189 km or 118 mi	Feicheng	$571
193 km or 120 mi	Zibo	$504
194 km or 121 mi	Gaomi	$564
196 km or 122 mi	Weifang	$433
197 km or 122 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
203 km or 126 mi	Suzhou	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Shouguang	$531
208 km or 129 mi	Zouping	$553
214 km or 133 mi	Yongcheng	$600
217 km or 135 mi	Jinan	$616
220 km or 137 mi	Qingdao	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Changyi	$494
240 km or 149 mi	Pingdu	$569
248 km or 154 mi	Yancheng	$900
253 km or 157 mi	Bengbu	$505
255 km or 159 mi	Mingguang	$587
256 km or 159 mi	Shangqiu	$736
258 km or 161 mi	Yucheng	$577
260 km or 161 mi	Binzhou	$815
263 km or 163 mi	Liaocheng	$522
265 km or 165 mi	Heze	$1385