Dar es Salaam vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$423	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$1362
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	44	73
😀 Quality of life	41	81
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.87M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 0.3% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 6399th and 6380th ($811 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th 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 1.7 months in Tainan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 6871st and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Tainan

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	Dar es Salaam	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$6108

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682