Dar es Salaam vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$423	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$725
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	44	60
😀 Quality of life	41	53
🏙️ Population	4.72M	9.4M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 15% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 6399th and 6849th ($811 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st 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 months in Ningbo. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Ningbo ranked 48th in China, while ranked 6871st and 6084th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Ningbo

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	Dar es Salaam	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$12465

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522