Dodoma vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dodoma	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$581	$1084
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1640	$3226
🏠 One person rent	$200	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$478	$1512
🍽️ Food expenses	$286	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$293	$220
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	19	28
😀 Quality of life	26	41
🏙️ Population	214K	1.19M

The cost of living in Dodoma is 46% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 7835th and 4791st ($581 vs $1084) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 4th 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 0.2 months in Maputo. Dodoma ranked 7th best city to live in Tanzania vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 8738th and 7059th 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	$5.89	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.5	$57.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$8.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$1.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$872
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$338	$1202
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.6	$49.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$75.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$105
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.67%	21.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3825	$3602
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3629	$2315
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.91	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$5.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$6.29
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.5	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.36	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.21	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.81	$6.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.3	$36.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.69	$7.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.2	$26.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$32.3	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$399	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2745	$3971

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$978
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$447
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$952
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$558
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$739
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$866
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$746
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$631
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$741
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$755
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$783
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$889
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$908
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$776
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$780
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$637
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$875
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$751
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$845
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$701
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$682
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$535
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$605
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$511
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$837
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$511
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$656
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$719
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$631
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$554
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1014
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$689
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$603