Bucharest vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$474	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$3416
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	77	45
😀 Quality of life	79	80
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.19M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 44% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 5565th and 2449th ($988 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Romania and Qatar, respectively. Check Romania vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 1.9 months in Doha. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 645th and 562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Doha

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	Bucharest	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$11200

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

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