Dar es Salaam vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$423	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$886
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	44	98
😀 Quality of life	41	70
🏙️ Population	4.72M	12.3M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 24% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 6399th and 7163rd ($811 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 95th 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 Wuhan. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 6871st and 2475th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Wuhan

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	Dar es Salaam	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$63.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$3716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$2008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$71.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$8658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586