Doha vs Edmonton - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Edmonton
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1769
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$4094
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$948
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1630
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$2961
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	45	63
😀 Quality of life	80	89
🏙️ Population	1.19M	1.01M

The cost of living in Doha is 0.6% more expensive than in Edmonton. Cities ranked 2449th and 2475th ($1779 vs $1769) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 84th in Qatar and Canada, respectively. Check Qatar vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1.7 months in Edmonton. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Edmonton ranked 12th in Canada, while ranked 562nd and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Edmonton

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	Doha	Edmonton
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$56.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$5.07
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$961
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$711
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$1601
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$201
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$56.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$2901
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$2327
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$70.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$21.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$11.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$44.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$56.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$15.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$689
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$7826

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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

Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1656
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2077
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1743
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1770
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1886
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1491
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1638
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2007
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2284
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1540
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2163
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2054
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2023
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2327
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1792
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1612
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2021
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2280
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2495
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2488
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2466
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2317
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009