Dar es Salaam vs Luoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Luoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$423	$148
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$263
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$209
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$86.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$578
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	44	34
😀 Quality of life	41	40
🏙️ Population	4.72M	7.06M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 61% more expensive than in Luoyang. Cities ranked 6399th and 8612th ($811 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 510th 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 1.1 months in Luoyang. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Luoyang ranked 237th in China, while ranked 6871st and 6957th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Luoyang

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	Dar es Salaam	Luoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$4.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$184
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$1978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$1308
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$9.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$8.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$1.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$2.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$3.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$57.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$65.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$179
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$16348

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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 Luoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
33 km or 21 mi	Yanshi	$509
43 km or 27 mi	Mengzhou	$505
49 km or 31 mi	Jiyuan	$520
52 km or 32 mi	Gongyi	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Dengfeng	$529
66 km or 41 mi	Ruzhou	$538
67 km or 41 mi	Qinyang	$504
88 km or 55 mi	Xinmi	$528
90 km or 56 mi	Xingyang	$519
97 km or 60 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
100 km or 62 mi	Jincheng	$547
112 km or 69 mi	Yuzhou	$552
113 km or 70 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
113 km or 70 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
123 km or 76 mi	Xinzheng	$538
131 km or 81 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
133 km or 82 mi	Changge	$547
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
137 km or 85 mi	Yuncheng	$586
142 km or 88 mi	Lingbao	$559
143 km or 89 mi	Houma	$540
146 km or 91 mi	Xuchang	$586
151 km or 94 mi	Xinxiang	$575
153 km or 95 mi	Huixian	$551
170 km or 106 mi	Weihui	$571
176 km or 109 mi	Kaifeng	$545
179 km or 111 mi	Linfen	$569
181 km or 113 mi	Changzhi	$726
182 km or 113 mi	Wugang	$571
183 km or 113 mi	Yongji	$558
185 km or 115 mi	Nanyang	$632
188 km or 117 mi	Hejin	$554
189 km or 117 mi	Luohe	$591
201 km or 125 mi	Linzhou	$588
202 km or 126 mi	Hancheng	$558
208 km or 129 mi	Hebi	$625
219 km or 136 mi	Changyuan	$787
222 km or 138 mi	Dengzhou	$600
222 km or 138 mi	Huozhou	$543
234 km or 146 mi	Zhoukou	$580