Brisbane vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$4398
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1360
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$2333
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$406
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$2972
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	66	41
😀 Quality of life	98	84
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.19M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 13% more expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 1349th and 1994th ($2269 vs $2014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Qatar, respectively. Check Australia vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.5 months in Doha. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 3rd and 537th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Doha

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	Brisbane	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$8.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$64.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$7.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$6.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1589
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1972
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$87.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$86.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	6.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$4680
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$3108
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$32.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$3.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$6.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$136
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$9.54
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$63.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$769
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$11285

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1923
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1109
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1192
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1309
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1037
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$823
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$928
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2420
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1473
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2183
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$545
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$465
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$489
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1457
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$541
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$523
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1214
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$565
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1632
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$547
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$487
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$707
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$492
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$545
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$556
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$796
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$861