Cost of living comparison

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Sarande vs. Dodoma Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Sarande instead of Dodoma, you would:

pay (unknown) more for restaurants

 
Dodoma
Sarande
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant ?? $12.05
ALL999
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
?? $11.86
ALL984
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) ?? $2.04
ALL169

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pay (unknown) more for groceries

 
Dodoma
Sarande
Bread
1 loaf
?? $1.15
ALL95
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $6.73
ALL558
Milk (1 gallon) ?? $8.27
ALL686

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pay (unknown) more for transportation

 
Dodoma
Sarande
Gasoline (1 gallon) ?? $8.19
ALL679
Monthly public transit pass ?? $23.35
ALL1,936
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $35,027.69
ALL2,903,811

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pay (unknown) more for housing

 
Dodoma
Sarande
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
?? $18.93
ALL1,569
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $878.82
ALL72,855
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center ?? $391.70
ALL32,472

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Dodoma
Sarande
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $306.77
ALL25,431
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $5,811.42
ALL481,770

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pay (unknown) more for entertainment and sports

 
Dodoma
Sarande
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) ?? $3.01
ALL250
Cappuccino in mid-range area ?? $2.11
ALL175
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
?? $4.46
ALL370

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Dodoma
Sarande
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? $68.31
ALL5,663
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $47.45
ALL3,934
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? $107.72
ALL8,930

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025
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