Dodoma vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dodoma	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$3469
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1419	$7890
🏠 One person rent	$178	$2370
🏘️ Family rent	$290	$4148
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$726
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.3	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$254	$5254
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	20	86
😀 Quality of life	30	93
🏙️ Population	214K	1.39M

The cost of living in Dodoma is 85% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 8485th and 43rd ($526 vs $3469) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 33rd in Tanzania and the United States, respectively. Check Tanzania vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dodoma compared to 1.5 months in San Diego. Dodoma ranked 5th best city to live in Tanzania vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 8776th and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dodoma vs San Diego

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	Dodoma	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$8.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$6.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$183	$2499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$91.4	$2053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$333	$4569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$162	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.6	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.53%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$9580
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6797	$7151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.1	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$3.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.29	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$4.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.67	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.64	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.5	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$9.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$5.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.7	$63.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$17.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.4	$30.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.4	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$375	$1745
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9059	$28967

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Cities near Dodoma

Distance	City	Cost of living
221 km or 137 mi	Morogoro	$421
337 km or 209 mi	Arusha	$612
369 km or 229 mi	Moshi	$533
381 km or 237 mi	Stone Town	$567
381 km or 237 mi	Zanzibar	$609
389 km or 242 mi	Mbeya	$495
393 km or 244 mi	Tanga	$552
395 km or 246 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
498 km or 309 mi	Mombasa	$596
522 km or 324 mi	Mwanza	$656
553 km or 343 mi	Machakos	$420
564 km or 351 mi	Nairobi	$811
590 km or 366 mi	Malindi	$548
597 km or 371 mi	Thika	$460
608 km or 378 mi	Mzuzu	$527
664 km or 413 mi	Nakuru	$503
669 km or 415 mi	Kasama	$888
671 km or 417 mi	Mzimba	$565
683 km or 425 mi	Ruyigi	$687
687 km or 427 mi	Rutana	$688
693 km or 430 mi	Kisumu	$543
700 km or 435 mi	Makamba	$688
709 km or 441 mi	Muyinga	$687
717 km or 446 mi	Gitega	$689
726 km or 451 mi	Kalemie	$792
732 km or 455 mi	Meru	$549
745 km or 463 mi	Mumias	$511
754 km or 469 mi	Eldoret	$528
756 km or 470 mi	Ngozi	$686
776 km or 482 mi	Bujumbura	$754
779 km or 484 mi	Butare	$412
787 km or 489 mi	Bubanza	$689
790 km or 491 mi	Entebbe	$578
791 km or 492 mi	Kigali	$758
791 km or 492 mi	Tororo	$623
794 km or 493 mi	Nyanza	$524
794 km or 493 mi	Jinja	$582
798 km or 496 mi	Uvira	$842
810 km or 503 mi	Kampala	$717
816 km or 507 mi	Kira Town	$658

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782