Common information
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 403 658
Cost of living and prices in Zanzibar
- One bedroom apartment
- outside of centre501USD/month
- in city centre426USD/month
- Three bedroom apartment
- outside of centre367USD/month
- in city centre421USD/month
Restaurants
| Meal | Inexpensive restaurant | 1 people | 5 USD |
| Meal | Mid-range restaurant | 2 people | 29 USD |
| Meal | McMeal at McDonalds | 1 pc | 4 USD |
| Drinks | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 2 USD |
| Drinks | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 3 USD |
| Drinks | Cappuccino | 1 portion | 2 USD |
| Drinks | Coke/Pepsi | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Water | 0.33 litre | 0 USD |
Markets
| Food | Milk | 1 litre | 2 USD |
| Food | Loaf bread | 0.5 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Rice white | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Eggs | 12 pc | 2 USD |
| Food | Local cheese | 1 kg | 4 USD |
| Meat | Chicken fillets | 1 kg | 5 USD |
| Fruits | Apples | 1 kg | 3 USD |
| Fruits | Bananas | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Fruits | Oranges | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Potato | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Tomato | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Onion | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Water | 1.5 litre | 0 USD |
| Alcohol | Wine, Mid-Range | 1 bottle | 9 USD |
| Alcohol | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 1 USD |
| Alcohol | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 2 USD |
| Cigarettes | Marlboro | 1 pack | 2 USD |
Transportation
| Public transport | One-way | 1 ticket | 0 USD |
| Taxi | Taxi start | seat | 1 USD |
| Taxi | Normal tariff | 1 km | 1 USD |
| Taxi | Waiting | 1 hour | 4 USD |
| Fuel | Gasoline | 1 litre | 1 USD |
Entertainment
| Sport | Fitness Club | 1 month | 18 USD |
Goods
| Clothing | Jeans, Levis 501 | 1 pair | 11 USD |
| Clothing | Summer Dress in Zara, H&M | 1 pc | 18 USD |
| Shoes | Nike Running Shoes | 1 pair | 55 USD |
| Shoes | Men Leather Business Shoes | 1 pair | 55 USD |
Accommodation
| Utilities | Electricity, Heating... for 85m2 | 1 month | 36 USD |
| Communication | Mobile Phone Monthly Plan | 1 month | 11 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 bedroom | 426 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 bedroom | 501 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 3 bedroom | 421 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 3 bedroom | 367 USD |
| Buy apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 sq. meter | 2,561 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 sq. meter | 827 USD |
| Salary | Disposable Salary | 1 month | 233 USD |
| Mortgage | Interest Rate | 1 year | 13.35 |
Weather, climate, temperature by months in Zanzibar
| Season | Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Year |
| Record high, °C | 35 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 38 |
| Average high, °C | 28 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
| Average temperature, °C | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 |
| Average low, °C | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Record low, °C | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Rain, days | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 62 |
| Fog, days | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 30 |
| Average precipitation, mm. | 37 | 68 | 153 | 151 | 76 | 49 | 135 | 297 | 204 | 60 | 42 | 36 | 1306 |
| Relative humidity, % | 78 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 77 | 81 | 85 | 82 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 80 |
| Wind speed, km/h | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| Day Length, часов | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Dew point, °C | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 267 |
| Growing degree-day, °C | 435 | 474 | 483 | 527 | 539 | 497 | 536 | 501 | 493 | 447 | 443 | 437 | 5814 |
| Solar radiation, global, Mj/m2 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 |