Dodoma vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dodoma	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$502	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1420	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$169	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$368	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$241	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	19	63
😀 Quality of life	24	50
🏙️ Population	214K	14.9M

The cost of living in Dodoma is 14% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 8632nd and 8872nd ($502 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 3rd in Tanzania and Pakistan, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dodoma compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Dodoma ranked 7th best city to live in Tanzania vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 8698th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dodoma vs Karachi

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	Dodoma	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.79	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.3	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.8	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$378	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$258	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.4	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.88%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3085	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8420	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.9	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.47	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.55	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.3	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.4	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.89	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.3	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.2	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.6	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$273	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8092	$1405

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552