Dar es Salaam vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$423	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	44	28
😀 Quality of life	41	41
🏙️ Population	4.72M	6.23M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 24% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 6399th and 7175th ($811 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 100th 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 1.3 months in Xinyang. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 6871st and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Xinyang

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	Dar es Salaam	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.88
🥤 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	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$8587

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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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558