Dar es Salaam vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dar es Salaam	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$423	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$748	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$323	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	44	78
😀 Quality of life	41	66
🏙️ Population	4.72M	12.6M

The cost of living in Dar es Salaam is 58% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 6399th and 8544th ($811 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 Zhengzhou. Dar es Salaam ranked 1st best city to live in Tanzania vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 6871st and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dar es Salaam vs Zhengzhou

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	Dar es Salaam	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.15	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1029	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$551	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.47%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3163	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5427	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.96	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.94	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.5	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.3	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19371	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591