Dar es Salaam vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$353	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	95
😀 Quality of life	55	87
🏙️ Population	4.72M	4.04M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 32% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6805th and 5212th ($722 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Tanzania and Taiwan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 5882nd and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs New Taipei

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	Dar es Salaam	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605