Dodoma vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dodoma	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$502	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1420	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$169	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$368	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$241	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	19	99
😀 Quality of life	24	95
🏙️ Population	214K	2.15M

The cost of living in Dodoma is 78% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 8632nd and 1222nd ($502 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Tanzania and France, respectively. Check Tanzania vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dodoma compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Dodoma ranked 7th best city to live in Tanzania vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 8698th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dodoma vs Paris

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	Dodoma	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.79	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.3	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.8	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$378	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$258	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.4	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.88%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3085	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8420	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.9	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.47	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.55	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.3	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.4	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.89	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.3	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.2	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.6	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$273	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8092	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293