Dar es Salaam vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$353	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$994
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	44	29
😀 Quality of life	55	44
🏙️ Population	4.72M	6.17M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 7% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 6805th and 6548th ($722 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 45th 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 Maoming. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 5882nd and 6627th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Maoming

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	Dar es Salaam	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$18483

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$736
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$675
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$639
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$601
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$560
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$564
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$548
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$543
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$482
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$745
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$433
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$571
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1091
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1500
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$534
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$535
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$493
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1093
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$574
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$466
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1394
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$518
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1190
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$460
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$483
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$516
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1079
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$581
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$583
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$498
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$511
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$509
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$559
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$509
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$509

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014