Doha vs Georgetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Georgetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1062
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$3388
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1181
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$480
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$78.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$536
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	24
😀 Quality of life	80	47
🏙️ Population	1.19M	235K

The cost of living in Doha is 68% more expensive than in Georgetown. Cities ranked 2449th and 5085th ($1779 vs $1062) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and Guyana, respectively. Check Qatar vs Guyana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.5 months in Georgetown. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Georgetown ranked 1st in Guyana, while ranked 562nd and 6400th 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	$9.28	$9.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$54.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$1529
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$940
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$48.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$74.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$49.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	7.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$3867
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$1730
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$3.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$4.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$8.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$34.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$6.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$33.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$883
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$23423

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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 Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1031
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$856
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$881
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1247
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$789
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$777
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$560
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$953
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1178
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1084
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1645
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$890
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1643
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1062
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1070
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$737
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$746
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1418
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$674
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$639
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$716
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$684
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$695
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$1000
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$1007
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$858
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$837
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$804
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1161
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847