Tanzania is 51.7% cheaper than Singapore.

If you lived in Tanzania instead of Singapore, you would:

pay 43.4% less for restaurants

 
Singapore
Tanzania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $7.52
$10.14
$3.76
TZS9,595
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$6.77
$9.13
$6.91
TZS17,649
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.59
$2.14
$0.67
TZS1,714

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pay 49.1% less for groceries

 
Singapore
Tanzania
Bread
1 loaf
$2.08
$2.80
$0.92
TZS2,358
Local cheese (8 oz) $9.38
$12.65
$7.85
TZS20,049
Milk (1 gallon) $10.93
$14.74
$5.31
TZS13,555

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pay 43.5% less for transportation

 
Singapore
Tanzania
Gasoline (1 gallon) $8.83
$11.91
$4.28
TZS10,922
Monthly public transit pass $96.26
$129.84
$8.54
TZS21,808
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $112,798.92
$152,154.46
$17,084.05
TZS43,615,583

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pay 39.6% less for housing

 
Singapore
Tanzania
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$36.32
$48.99
$65.54
TZS167,314
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $3,603.58
$4,860.87
$274.47
TZS700,734
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $2,425.90
$3,272.30
$231.44
TZS590,860

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pay 77.9% less for childcare

 
Singapore
Tanzania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,261.73
$1,701.95
$296.62
TZS757,265
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $27,366.80
$36,915.08
$5,678.53
TZS14,497,294

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pay 66.1% less for entertainment and sports

 
Singapore
Tanzania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $7.52
$10.14
$1.20
TZS3,053
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.69
$6.33
$2.03
TZS5,194
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$11.28
$15.22
$1.79
TZS4,566

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pay 42.0% less for clothing

 
Singapore
Tanzania
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$74.80
$100.90
$20.27
TZS51,737
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$41.62
$56.14
$44.40
TZS113,355
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$107.10
$144.47
$54.01
TZS137,889

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: March 2024
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