Dodoma vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dodoma	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$502	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1420	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$169	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$368	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$241	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	19	29
😀 Quality of life	24	41
🏙️ Population	214K	1.13M

The cost of living in Dodoma is 53% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 8632nd and 5045th ($502 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 3rd in Tanzania and Mozambique, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dodoma compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Dodoma ranked 7th best city to live in Tanzania vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 8698th and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dodoma vs Maputo

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	Dodoma	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.79	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.3	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.8	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$378	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$258	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.4	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.88%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3085	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8420	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.9	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.47	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.55	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.3	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.4	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.89	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.3	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.2	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.6	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$273	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8092	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628