Dodoma vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dodoma	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$502	$1989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1420	$4617
🏠 One person rent	$169	$1125
🏘️ Family rent	$368	$1929
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$534
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$241	$3700
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	19	87
😀 Quality of life	24	94
🏙️ Population	214K	776K

The cost of living in Dodoma is 75% less expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 8632nd and 1863rd ($502 vs $1989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 4th in Tanzania and Germany, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dodoma compared to 1.9 months in Frankfurt. Dodoma ranked 7th best city to live in Tanzania vs Frankfurt ranked 7th in Germany, while ranked 8698th and 47th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dodoma vs Frankfurt

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	Dodoma	Frankfurt
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.79	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.3	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$5.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1133
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.8	$849
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$378	$2172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$258	$1473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$282
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.4	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.88%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3085	$8106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8420	$4832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$3.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.9	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.47	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.55	$8.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.3	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.4	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.89	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.3	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.2	$86
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.6	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$273	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8092	$14496

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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

Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595