Doha vs Georgetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Doha	Georgetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1849	$1151
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4110	$3139
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$493
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$849
🍽️ Food expenses	$412	$492
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$78.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3003	$1107
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	44	24
😀 Quality of life	82	58
🏙️ Population	1.19M	235K

The cost of living in Doha is 61% more expensive than in Georgetown. Cities ranked 2509th and 4824th ($1849 vs $1151) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Qatar and Guyana, respectively. Check Qatar vs Guyana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Doha compared to 1 months in Georgetown. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Georgetown ranked 1st in Guyana, while ranked 608th and 6094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Georgetown

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	Doha	Georgetown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$9.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$54.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.4	$8.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$2.08
☕ Cappuccino	$5.46	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1391	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$974	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2548	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1715	$581
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.7	$88.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84.5	$49.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	7.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5456	$3437
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3618	$1313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$26.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.06	$3.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$4.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.82	$6.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.08
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$6.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.7	$18.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.26	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.94	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.09	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$118	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$21.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$46
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$126
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$825	$1015
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11426	$23245

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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

Cities near Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1201
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1199
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$858
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$881
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1885
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$784
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$764
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$692
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$889
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$1007
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1079
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1213
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1111
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1248
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$868
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1934
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$838
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1931
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1075
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1076
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$697
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$736
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1352
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1463
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$674
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$642
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$688
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$610
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$638
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$988
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$988
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$696
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$908
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$760
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$803
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1169
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$774
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1741
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$811