Dodoma vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dodoma	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$581	$3427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1640	$7903
🏠 One person rent	$200	$2366
🏘️ Family rent	$478	$4375
🍽️ Food expenses	$286	$686
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$293	$5439
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	19	87
😀 Quality of life	26	91
🏙️ Population	214K	1.39M

The cost of living in Dodoma is 83% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 7835th and 26th ($581 vs $3427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 23rd 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 1.6 months in San Diego. Dodoma ranked 7th best city to live in Tanzania vs San Diego ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 8738th and 107th 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	$5.89	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.5	$85.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$8.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$2498
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$2064
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$535	$4740
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$338	$3919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.6	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$73.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.67%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3825	$11408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3629	$8035
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.91	$71.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$22.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$3.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$4.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.5	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.36	$10.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$16.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$4.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.21	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.4	$79.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.81	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.3	$129
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.69	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.2	$61.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$32.3	$95.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$399	$1701
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2745	$18429

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3051
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2907
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2868
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2867
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2910
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1184
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2784
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2879
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2884
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2722
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2732
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3094
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2597
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$3070
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3155
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2751
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2684
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2803
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2637
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$1027
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2879
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2609
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2606