Dar es Salaam vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$423	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$800
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	44	20
😀 Quality of life	41	41
🏙️ Population	4.72M	6.44M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 21% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 6399th and 7052nd ($811 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 74th 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 210th in China, while ranked 6871st and 6873rd 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	$2.93	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.05
🥤 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	$427	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621