Dar es Salaam vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$423	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$1049
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	44	49
😀 Quality of life	41	51
🏙️ Population	4.72M	7.1M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 19% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 6399th and 6983rd ($811 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 6871st and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Yantai

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	Dar es Salaam	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702