Dodoma vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dodoma	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1419	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$178	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$290	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.3	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$254	$4008
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	20	99
😀 Quality of life	30	100
🏙️ Population	214K	5.45M

The cost of living in Dodoma is 80% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8485th and 649th ($526 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Tanzania and Australia, respectively. Check Tanzania vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dodoma compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Dodoma ranked 5th best city to live in Tanzania vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 8776th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dodoma vs Sydney

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	Dodoma	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$183	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$91.4	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$333	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$162	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.6	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.53%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6797	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.1	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.29	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.67	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.64	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.5	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.7	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.4	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.4	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$375	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9059	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710