Dar es Salaam vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dar es Salaam	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$2737
🏠 One person rent	$353	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$883	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$1275
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	44	74
😀 Quality of life	55	80
🏙️ Population	4.72M	1.87M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 14% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 6805th and 6292nd ($722 vs $841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 9th 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 Tainan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Tainan ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 5882nd and 499th 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	$2.56	$4.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$23.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$3.06
🥤 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	$441	$271
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1146	$632
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$693
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$50.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.5	$77.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.2	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.16%	1.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5041	$2874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$20.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$8.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$2.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$16.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$9.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$12.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.9	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$51.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.4	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$86.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$628
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8603	$18526

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Cities near Dar es Salaam

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Zanzibar	$736
71 km or 44 mi	Stone Town	$675
179 km or 111 mi	Morogoro	$639
194 km or 120 mi	Tanga	$601
309 km or 192 mi	Mombasa	$560
395 km or 246 mi	Dodoma	$564
409 km or 254 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Moshi	$548
478 km or 297 mi	Arusha	$543
629 km or 391 mi	Machakos	$482
671 km or 417 mi	Nairobi	$745
684 km or 425 mi	Mbeya	$433
684 km or 425 mi	Thika	$571
698 km or 434 mi	Moroni	$1091
700 km or 435 mi	Pemba	$1500
774 km or 481 mi	Mzuzu	$534
783 km or 486 mi	Meru	$535
808 km or 502 mi	Nakuru	$493
836 km or 520 mi	Domoni	$1093
843 km or 524 mi	Mzimba	$574
853 km or 530 mi	Mwanza	$466
864 km or 537 mi	Nacala	$1394
899 km or 559 mi	Kisumu	$518
925 km or 575 mi	Nampula	$1190
927 km or 576 mi	Eldoret	$460
931 km or 578 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
938 km or 583 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
955 km or 594 mi	Mumias	$483
959 km or 596 mi	Mangochi	$516
969 km or 602 mi	Kasama	$1079
1000 km or 621 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1007 km or 626 mi	Tororo	$581
1026 km or 637 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1044 km or 648 mi	Mbale	$583
1047 km or 651 mi	Zomba	$498
1049 km or 652 mi	Jinja	$511
1067 km or 663 mi	Ruyigi	$509
1074 km or 667 mi	Entebbe	$559
1076 km or 668 mi	Rutana	$509
1084 km or 674 mi	Muyinga	$509

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$707
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$761
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$801
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$818
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$841
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$698
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$864
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$828
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$868
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$821
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$745
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1060
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1158
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$666
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$807
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1028
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$661
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$706
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$605
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$592
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$691
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$713
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$726
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$683
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$795
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$642
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$673
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$1014
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$719
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$776
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$801
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$643
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$629
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$719