Castries vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Castries	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1169	$1849
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2826	$4110
🏠 One person rent	$515	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$890	$2063
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.1	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$876	$3003
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	3	44
😀 Quality of life	40	82
🏙️ Population	70K	1.19M

The cost of living in Castries is 37% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 4773rd and 2509th ($1169 vs $1849) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Saint Lucia and Qatar, respectively. Check Saint Lucia vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Castries compared to 1.6 months in Doha. Castries ranked 1st best city to live in Saint Lucia vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 7795th and 608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Castries vs Doha

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	Castries	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.7	$55.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.66	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$12.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.94	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$588	$1391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$974
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1081	$2548
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$648	$1715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73	$62.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$96.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.4	$84.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.75%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1812	$5456
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$3618
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.12	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$30.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.8	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.53	$0.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.44	$2.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$4.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.86	$5.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$6.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.35	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.15	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.9	$118
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.6	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$825
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8070	$11426

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Cities near Castries

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
66 km or 41 mi	Fort-de-France	$1741
83 km or 51 mi	Georgetown	$988
98 km or 61 mi	Kingstown	$988
149 km or 93 mi	Roseau	$1008
172 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1463
180 km or 112 mi	Bridgetown	$1352
181 km or 112 mi	Portsmouth	$1168
222 km or 138 mi	Grenville	$1076
234 km or 146 mi	St. George's	$1075
234 km or 146 mi	Basse-Terre	$1673
249 km or 155 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1662
250 km or 156 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1673
257 km or 160 mi	Les Abymes	$1656
259 km or 161 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1662
260 km or 162 mi	Le Moule	$1659
316 km or 196 mi	Scarborough	$1111
348 km or 216 mi	All Saints	$1135
357 km or 222 mi	St. John's	$1131
377 km or 234 mi	Port of Spain	$1248
378 km or 235 mi	San Juan	$1213
392 km or 244 mi	Chaguanas	$1079
410 km or 255 mi	Basseterre	$1336
415 km or 258 mi	Cayon	$1338
418 km or 260 mi	San Fernando	$1007
445 km or 277 mi	Carupano	$697
456 km or 283 mi	La Asuncion	$638
461 km or 286 mi	Porlamar	$610
497 km or 309 mi	Philipsburg	$2878
526 km or 327 mi	Cumana	$688
532 km or 330 mi	Maturin	$838
563 km or 350 mi	Tucupita	$764
577 km or 358 mi	Saint Croix	$2593
578 km or 359 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$696
586 km or 364 mi	Lecheria	$760
590 km or 367 mi	Barcelona	$908
626 km or 389 mi	Road Town	$2303
635 km or 395 mi	Anaco	$642
640 km or 398 mi	Cantaura	$674
641 km or 399 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2042

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1770
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1201
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1230
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1237
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$908
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1008
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$873
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$930
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1419
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2521
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$530
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$453
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$477
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1449
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$529
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$503
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1228
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1627
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$530
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$463
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$730
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$483
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$549
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$792
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$889