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Japan vs. Tanzania Cost of Living Summary

Japan is 69.8% more expensive than Tanzania overall.

Restaurants: pay 60.0% more in Japan
Groceries: pay 2.3 times more in Japan
Transportation: pay 99.5% more in Japan
Housing: pay 54.5% more in Japan
Childcare: pay 19.2% less in Japan
Entertainment and Sports: pay 66.1% more in Japan
Clothing: pay 93.9% more in Japan

The cost of groceries, transportation, clothing, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and housing in Japan are more expensive than in Tanzania. Notably, groceries, transportation, and clothing are significantly more expensive in Japan.

Japan vs. Tanzania Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 60.0% more for restaurants

	Tanzania	Japan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.92 TZS10,149.71	$6.60 ¥1,052	+68.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.49 TZS21,969.31	$5.10 ¥812	-40.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.66 TZS1,709.14	$1.07 ¥170	+61.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.30 TZS785.14	$0.76 ¥121	+150.6%
Average			+60.0%

Tanzania vs. Japan - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.3 times more for groceries

	Tanzania	Japan
Bread 1 loaf	$0.73 TZS1,896.21	$1.50 ¥239	+104.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.41 TZS11,398.66	$5.07 ¥807	+15.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.59 TZS14,465.48	$5.67 ¥902	+1.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 TZS5,894.76	$2.08 ¥331	-8.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.88 TZS4,873.15	$2.93 ¥466	+55.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.30 TZS3,365.61	$2.14 ¥340	+64.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.49 TZS1,275.56	$1.12 ¥178	+126.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.43 TZS1,113.08	$1.69 ¥270	+293.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.36 TZS927.25	$2.13 ¥339	+494.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.36 TZS927.25	$1.22 ¥194	+239.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.61 TZS1,588.00	$1.15 ¥184	+87.9%
Average			+134.0%

Tanzania vs. Japan - Cost of groceries

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pay 99.5% more for transportation

	Tanzania	Japan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 TZS12,131.28	$4.39 ¥699	-6.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$15.76 TZS40,759.55	$59.14 ¥9,418	+275.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$17,898.05 TZS46M	$22,599.51 ¥4M	+26.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.49 TZS32,305.91	$25.32 ¥4,032	+102.8%
Average			+99.5%

Tanzania vs. Japan - Cost of transportation

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pay 54.5% more for housing

	Tanzania	Japan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$46.82 TZS121K	$33.91 ¥5,400	-27.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$334.35 TZS865K	$543.18 ¥86,494	+62.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$178.27 TZS461K	$353.61 ¥56,308	+98.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$64.23 TZS166K	$118.72 ¥18,904	+84.8%
Average			+54.5%

Tanzania vs. Japan - Cost of housing

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pay 19.2% less for childcare

	Tanzania	Japan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$427.61 TZS1M	$296.89 ¥47,275	-30.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,288.25 TZS37M	$13,159.48 ¥2M	-7.9%
Average			-19.2%

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pay 66.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Tanzania	Japan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.37 TZS3,546.68	$2.60 ¥415	+90.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.04 TZS5,284.23	$3.03 ¥482	+48.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.00 TZS5,166.59	$3.89 ¥619	+94.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.55 TZS151K	$59.54 ¥9,481	+1.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.35 TZS16,414.23	$12.46 ¥1,984	+96.4%
Average			+66.1%

Tanzania vs. Japan - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 93.9% more for clothing

	Tanzania	Japan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$18.07 TZS46,732.63	$44.79 ¥7,133	+147.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$27.59 TZS71,368.90	$32.04 ¥5,102	+16.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$28.27 TZS73,116.03	$57.37 ¥9,135	+103.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$41.90 TZS108K	$87.37 ¥13,913	+108.5%
Average			+93.9%

Tanzania vs. Japan - Cost of clothing

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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 2026

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