Dodoma vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dodoma	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$502	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1420	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$169	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$368	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$241	$1263
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	19	7
😀 Quality of life	24	62
🏙️ Population	214K	133K

The cost of living in Dodoma is 61% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 8632nd and 4205th ($502 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 2nd 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 1 months in Male. Dodoma ranked 7th best city to live in Tanzania vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 8698th and 4917th 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	$5.79	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.3	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.8	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$378	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$258	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.4	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.88%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3085	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8420	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.9	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.47	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.55	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.3	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.4	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.89	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.3	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.2	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.6	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$273	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8092	$3201

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360