Dar es Salaam vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$423	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	44	84
😀 Quality of life	41	81
🏙️ Population	4.72M	3.03M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 9% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 6399th and 6071st ($811 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Tanzania and Taiwan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dar es Salaam compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 6871st and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Taichung

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	Dar es Salaam	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671