Dodoma vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dodoma	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$581	$1284
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1640	$2919
🏠 One person rent	$200	$835
🏘️ Family rent	$478	$1638
🍽️ Food expenses	$286	$324
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$35.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$293	$1041
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	19	7
😀 Quality of life	26	63
🏙️ Population	214K	133K

The cost of living in Dodoma is 55% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7835th and 4218th ($581 vs $1284) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Tanzania and Maldives, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dodoma compared to 0.8 months in Male. Dodoma ranked 7th best city to live in Tanzania vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 8738th and 4858th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dodoma vs Male

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	Dodoma	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.89	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.5	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$3.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$843
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$595
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$1667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$338	$1337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.6	$84.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$106
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.67%	13.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3825	$2469
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3629	$1990
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$0.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.91	$21.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$9.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$7.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$3.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.5	$7.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.36	$7.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.21	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$73.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.81	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.3	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.69	$4.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.2	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$32.3	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$399	$141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2745	$3438

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Cities near Dodoma

Distance	City	Cost of living
221 km or 137 mi	Morogoro	$600
337 km or 209 mi	Arusha	$571
369 km or 229 mi	Moshi	$536
381 km or 237 mi	Stone Town	$706
381 km or 237 mi	Zanzibar	$762
389 km or 242 mi	Mbeya	$457
393 km or 244 mi	Tanga	$622
395 km or 246 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
498 km or 309 mi	Mombasa	$493
522 km or 324 mi	Mwanza	$493
553 km or 343 mi	Machakos	$524
564 km or 351 mi	Nairobi	$646
590 km or 366 mi	Malindi	$452
597 km or 371 mi	Thika	$530
608 km or 378 mi	Mzuzu	$338
664 km or 413 mi	Nakuru	$439
669 km or 415 mi	Kasama	$1176
671 km or 417 mi	Mzimba	$337
683 km or 425 mi	Ruyigi	$446
687 km or 427 mi	Rutana	$448
693 km or 430 mi	Kisumu	$441
700 km or 435 mi	Makamba	$449
709 km or 441 mi	Muyinga	$449
717 km or 446 mi	Gitega	$445
726 km or 451 mi	Kalemie	$746
732 km or 455 mi	Meru	$486
745 km or 463 mi	Mumias	$424
754 km or 469 mi	Eldoret	$405
756 km or 470 mi	Ngozi	$448
776 km or 482 mi	Bujumbura	$493
779 km or 484 mi	Butare	$458
787 km or 489 mi	Bubanza	$453
790 km or 491 mi	Entebbe	$547
791 km or 492 mi	Kigali	$677
791 km or 492 mi	Tororo	$557
794 km or 493 mi	Nyanza	$539
794 km or 493 mi	Jinja	$542
798 km or 496 mi	Uvira	$776
810 km or 503 mi	Kampala	$654
816 km or 507 mi	Kira Town	$600

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339