Dodoma vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dodoma	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1419	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$178	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$290	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.3	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$254	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	20	66
😀 Quality of life	30	88
🏙️ Population	214K	1.25M

The cost of living in Dodoma is 63% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8485th and 4204th ($526 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 6th in Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Tanzania vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dodoma compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Dodoma ranked 5th best city to live in Tanzania vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8776th and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dodoma vs Sharjah

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	Dodoma	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$183	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$91.4	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$333	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$162	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.6	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.53%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6797	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.1	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.29	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.67	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.64	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.5	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.7	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.4	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.4	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$375	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9059	$6883

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483