Arlington vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$3416
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	45
😀 Quality of life	73	80
🏙️ Population	394K	1.19M

The cost of living in Arlington is 6% more expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 2153rd and 2449th ($1883 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 1st in the United States and Qatar, respectively. Check the United States vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.9 months in Doha. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 1499th and 562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Doha

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	Arlington	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$11200

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904