Bucharest vs Dodoma - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Dodoma
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$502
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1420
🏠 One person rent	$474	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$368
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$241
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	77	19
😀 Quality of life	79	24
🏙️ Population	1.72M	214K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 97% more expensive than in Dodoma. Cities ranked 5565th and 8632nd ($988 vs $502) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 8th in Romania and Tanzania, respectively. Check Romania vs Tanzania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.5 months in Dodoma. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Dodoma ranked 7th in Tanzania, while ranked 645th and 8698th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Dodoma

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	Bucharest	Dodoma
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$5.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$7.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$1.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$86.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$258
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$43.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$66.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$19.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	15.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$3085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$8420
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$12.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$5.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$6.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.93
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$4.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$6.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$58.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$3.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$18.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$3.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$16.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$45.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$8092

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

Cities near Dodoma

Distance	City	Cost of living
221 km or 137 mi	Morogoro	$486
337 km or 209 mi	Arusha	$638
369 km or 229 mi	Moshi	$561
381 km or 237 mi	Stone Town	$523
381 km or 237 mi	Zanzibar	$552
389 km or 242 mi	Mbeya	$461
393 km or 244 mi	Tanga	$545
395 km or 246 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
498 km or 309 mi	Mombasa	$580
522 km or 324 mi	Mwanza	$625
553 km or 343 mi	Machakos	$408
564 km or 351 mi	Nairobi	$760
590 km or 366 mi	Malindi	$498
597 km or 371 mi	Thika	$589
608 km or 378 mi	Mzuzu	$525
664 km or 413 mi	Nakuru	$500
669 km or 415 mi	Kasama	$748
671 km or 417 mi	Mzimba	$566
683 km or 425 mi	Ruyigi	$648
687 km or 427 mi	Rutana	$648
693 km or 430 mi	Kisumu	$522
700 km or 435 mi	Makamba	$647
709 km or 441 mi	Muyinga	$650
717 km or 446 mi	Gitega	$651
726 km or 451 mi	Kalemie	$747
732 km or 455 mi	Meru	$541
745 km or 463 mi	Mumias	$490
754 km or 469 mi	Eldoret	$483
756 km or 470 mi	Ngozi	$648
776 km or 482 mi	Bujumbura	$719
779 km or 484 mi	Butare	$413
787 km or 489 mi	Bubanza	$648
790 km or 491 mi	Entebbe	$558
791 km or 492 mi	Kigali	$771
791 km or 492 mi	Tororo	$602
794 km or 493 mi	Nyanza	$518
794 km or 493 mi	Jinja	$562
798 km or 496 mi	Uvira	$803
810 km or 503 mi	Kampala	$698
816 km or 507 mi	Kira Town	$646