Dar es Salaam vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$799	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2068	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$363	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$605	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$288	$767
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	20
😀 Quality of life	59	46
🏙️ Population	4.72M	6.44M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 23% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 6675th and 7433rd ($799 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 Shangrao. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 6017th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Shangrao

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	Dar es Salaam	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.25	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.4	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.1	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1361	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1189	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.14	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.5	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.8	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.7	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$435	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620