Dar es Salaam vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$687
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2052
🏠 One person rent	$423	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$636
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$958
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	44	90
😀 Quality of life	41	70
🏙️ Population	4.72M	13.9M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 18% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 6399th and 6956th ($811 vs $687) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 64th 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 1.4 months in Tianjin. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 6871st and 2306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Tianjin

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	Dar es Salaam	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.82
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$48.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$74.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$7.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$6085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$4.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$13.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$548
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$18215

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616