Adelaide vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$2100
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$4575
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$1424
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$2453
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$429
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$3086
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	41
😀 Quality of life	92	83
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.19M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 12% more expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 1178th and 1744th ($2355 vs $2100) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Australia and Qatar, respectively. Check Australia vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.5 months in Doha. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 75th and 513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Doha

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	Adelaide	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$74.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$8.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$12.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$5.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1799
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$1146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$3302
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$2017
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$58.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$89.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	5.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$4178
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$2669
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$3.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$6.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$130
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$48.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$63.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$762
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$10635

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$2015
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1062
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1218
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1340
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$965
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1059
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$778
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$917
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2470
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1543
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2356
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$494
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$454
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1455
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$497
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$471
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1173
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$505
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1628
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$485
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$459
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$703
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$469
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$522
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$797
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$861