Doha vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$4267
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1800
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$92
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$3350
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	45	35
😀 Quality of life	80	79
🏙️ Population	1.19M	679K

The cost of living in Doha is 2% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 2449th and 2363rd ($1779 vs $1813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1931st in Qatar and the United States, respectively. Check Qatar vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1.8 months in El Paso. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs El Paso ranked 179th in the United States, while ranked 562nd and 633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs El Paso

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	Doha	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$921
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$1644
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1529
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$76.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$1815
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$1759
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$47.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$3.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$6.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$5.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$27.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$63.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$36.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$6903

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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 El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353