Cape Town vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cape Town	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$1810
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2628	$4093
🏠 One person rent	$603	$1170
🏘️ Family rent	$1117	$2067
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$407
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1545	$3747
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	55	45
😀 Quality of life	59	80
🏙️ Population	3.78M	1.19M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 38% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 4849th and 2461st ($1120 vs $1810) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in South Africa and Qatar, respectively. Check South Africa vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Cape Town compared to 2.1 months in Doha. Cape Town ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 5407th and 501st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cape Town vs Doha

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	Cape Town	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.8	$9.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$7.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$12.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$5.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$705	$1374
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$912
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1367	$2598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$889	$1675
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$76.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.3	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$88.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.61%	5.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1902	$4584
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1292	$3277
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$35.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.91	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$3.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$8.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$3.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.99	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.24	$6.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$2.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.2	$112
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.5	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$49.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$201	$798
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4270	$11230

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$850
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$649
371 km or 231 mi	George	$790
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$901
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$970
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$741
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$792
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$953
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$859
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1286
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$703
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$581
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$627
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$862
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$774
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$832
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$809
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$779
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$692
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$690
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$971
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$718
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$654
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$874
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$840
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$997
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$834
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$818
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$790

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1719
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1218
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1226
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1267
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$870
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$989
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$878
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$928
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2309
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1503
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2084
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$561
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$548
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$541
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1050
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$556
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$537
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1232
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$558
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1586
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$546
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$489
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$713
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$507
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$557
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$786
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$879