Dodoma vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dodoma	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$502	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1420	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$169	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$368	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.6	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$241	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	19	92
😀 Quality of life	24	86
🏙️ Population	214K	2.75M

The cost of living in Dodoma is 71% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 8632nd and 2624th ($502 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 2nd in Tanzania and Italy, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dodoma compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Dodoma ranked 7th best city to live in Tanzania vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 8698th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dodoma vs Rome

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	Dodoma	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.79	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.3	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.8	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$378	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$258	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.4	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.88%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3085	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8420	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.9	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.47	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.55	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.3	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.4	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.89	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.3	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.2	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.6	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$273	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8092	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201