Dodoma vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dodoma	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1419	$2682
🏠 One person rent	$178	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$290	$872
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.3	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$254	$701
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	20	95
😀 Quality of life	30	69
🏙️ Population	214K	11.5M

The cost of living in Dodoma is 50% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 8485th and 5192nd ($526 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Tanzania and Brazil, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dodoma compared to 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Dodoma ranked 5th best city to live in Tanzania vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 8776th and 4142nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dodoma vs Sao Paulo

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	Dodoma	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$7.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$183	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$91.4	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$333	$1124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$162	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.6	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$75
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.53%	12.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$2855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6797	$1938
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.1	$7.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.29	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$9.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.67	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.64	$2.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.5	$6.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.7	$27.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$7.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.4	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.4	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$92.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$375	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9059	$15428

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$737
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$701
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$697
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$698
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$690
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$712
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$656
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$605
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$691
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$687
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$830
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$671
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$699
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$699
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$665
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$639
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$780
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$671
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$654
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$689
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$702
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$666
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$693
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$664
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$685
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$687
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$657
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$737
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$618
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$673
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$648
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$816
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$659
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$666