Dar es Salaam vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$353	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$1905
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	100
😀 Quality of life	55	79
🏙️ Population	4.72M	24.9M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 36% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6805th and 4780th ($722 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th 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 1.7 months in Shanghai. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5882nd and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Shanghai

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	Dar es Salaam	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.56	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$31401

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774