Dar es Salaam vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$353	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$831
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	53
😀 Quality of life	55	50
🏙️ Population	4.72M	8.78M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 8% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6805th and 7155th ($722 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 142nd 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 5882nd and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Quanzhou

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	Dar es Salaam	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$22902

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014