Dar es Salaam vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$423	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$707
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	44	24
😀 Quality of life	41	38
🏙️ Population	4.72M	7.82M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 10% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6399th and 6735th ($811 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd 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 Shangqiu. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 6871st and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Shangqiu

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	Dar es Salaam	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529