Dar es Salaam vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$363	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	94
😀 Quality of life	59	87
🏙️ Population	4.72M	4.04M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 30% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6675th and 4867th ($799 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.2 months in New Taipei. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6017th and 387th 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	$3.25	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$17207

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$609
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$567
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$421
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$552
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$596
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$526
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$533
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$612
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$420
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$811
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$495
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$460
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1207
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1511
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$527
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$549
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$503
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1207
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$565
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$656
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1168
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$543
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$528
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$511
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$496
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$888
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$623
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$654
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$458
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$582
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$687
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$578
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$688
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$687

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589