Dili vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dili	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$511	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1255	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$226	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$422	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$207	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$27	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$3416
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	12	45
😀 Quality of life	30	80
🏙️ Population	222K	1.19M

The cost of living in Dili is 71% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 8549th and 2449th ($511 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in East Timor and Qatar, respectively. Check East Timor vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Dili compared to 1.9 months in Doha. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 8098th and 562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dili vs Doha

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	Dili	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$212	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$147	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$304	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.8	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.97%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1490	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.67	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.63	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.88	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.85	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.9	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.6	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3045	$11200

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Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$501
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$503
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$502
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$509
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$506
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$512
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$507
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1617
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$597
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$525
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$508
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$522
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$355
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$441
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$442
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$553
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$505
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$442
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$439
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$845
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$497
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1267
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$606
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$500
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$580
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$553
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$460
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$469
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$614
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$510
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$549
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$365
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$410
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$505
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$475
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$453
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$464
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$486
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$527
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$417

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