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United Kingdom vs. Tanzania Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 3.5 times more expensive than Tanzania overall.

Restaurants: pay 4.2 times more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 2.0 times more in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 2.6 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 3.7 times more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 4.7 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.0 times more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 3.3 times more in United Kingdom

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

United Kingdom vs. Tanzania Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Tanzania, you would:

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pay 4.2 times more for restaurants

	Tanzania	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.90 TZS7,841.12	$18.70 £14.06	+543.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.96 TZS16,093.16	$9.25 £6.96	+55.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.62 TZS1,678.91	$2.23 £1.68	+259.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.31 TZS825.78	$1.57 £1.18	+411.8%
Average			+317.5%

Tanzania vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.0 times more for groceries

	Tanzania	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$0.72 TZS1,952.35	$1.53 £1.15	+111.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.79 TZS10,241.20	$4.35 £3.27	+14.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.52 TZS12,215.37	$5.92 £4.45	+30.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 TZS4,546.51	$3.77 £2.83	+123.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.35 TZS6,339.05	$3.70 £2.78	+57.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.11 TZS3,007.32	$1.23 £0.92	+10.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.38 TZS1,033.35	$0.67 £0.50	+73.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.34 TZS930.21	$1.26 £0.95	+265.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 TZS954.53	$1.42 £1.06	+300.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 TZS820.77	$0.65 £0.49	+112.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.50 TZS1,355.29	$0.65 £0.49	+29.3%
Average			+102.8%

Tanzania vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.6 times more for transportation

	Tanzania	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.28 TZS11,556.27	$7.07 £5.32	+65.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.55 TZS52,776.75	$98.23 £73.84	+402.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$15,823.72 TZS42,724,038.53	$34,832.80 £26,182.21	+120.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.76 TZS29,064.41	$17.15 £12.89	+59.3%
Average			+161.8%

Tanzania vs. United Kingdom - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.7 times more for housing

	Tanzania	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$59.94 TZS161,848.71	$39.40 £29.62	-34.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$289.33 TZS781,201.11	$1,243.58 £934.74	+329.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$236.84 TZS639,455.26	$1,020.84 £767.32	+331.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$40.01 TZS108,014.70	$229.21 £172.29	+473.0%
Average			+274.9%

Tanzania vs. United Kingdom - Cost of housing

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pay 4.7 times more for childcare

	Tanzania	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$236.03 TZS637,293.61	$1,497.56 £1,125.65	+534.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,186.60 TZS16,703,825.63	$18,629.32 £14,002.81	+201.1%
Average			+367.8%

Tanzania vs. United Kingdom - Cost of childcare

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pay 4.0 times more for entertainment and sports

	Tanzania	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.17 TZS3,166.61	$5.63 £4.23	+379.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.16 TZS5,834.76	$4.12 £3.10	+90.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.79 TZS4,837.87	$17.47 £13.13	+875.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$36.39 TZS98,253.32	$45.31 £34.06	+24.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.68 TZS15,330.39	$12.89 £9.69	+127.1%
Average			+299.4%

Tanzania vs. United Kingdom - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 3.3 times more for clothing

	Tanzania	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$11.43 TZS30,870.21	$78.43 £58.95	+586.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$21.76 TZS58,745.55	$40.13 £30.16	+84.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$45.14 TZS121,889.17	$90.36 £67.92	+100.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$38.53 TZS104,027.65	$96.72 £72.70	+151.0%
Average			+230.4%

Tanzania vs. United Kingdom - 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: May 2025

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