Doha vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Doha	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2100	$2530
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4575	$5679
🏠 One person rent	$1424	$1644
🏘️ Family rent	$2453	$2706
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$638
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3086	$4225
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	41	49
😀 Quality of life	83	93
🏙️ Population	1.19M	608K

The cost of living in Doha is 17% less expensive than in Gold Coast. Cities ranked 1744th and 852nd ($2100 vs $2530) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Qatar and Australia, respectively. Check Qatar vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Doha compared to 1.7 months in Gold Coast. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Gold Coast ranked 5th in Australia, while ranked 513th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Gold Coast

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	Doha	Gold Coast
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.8	$106
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.16	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.5	$7.74
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1799	$2097
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1146	$1297
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3302	$2832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2017	$2351
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.1	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$89.5	$54.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.92%	5.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4178	$8667
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2669	$5294
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.6	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$2.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$5.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.63	$25.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$5.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.08	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$130	$41.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.8	$56.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.1	$77.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$762	$2112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10635	$9318

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$2015
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1062
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1218
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1340
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$965
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1059
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$778
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$917
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2470
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1543
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2356
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$494
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$454
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1455
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$497
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$471
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1173
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$505
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1628
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$485
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$459
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$703
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$469
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$522
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$797
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$861

Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2323
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1825
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1992
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1863
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1273
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1643
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1995
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1855
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2354
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2040
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1709
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2481
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1701
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1460
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1795
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2258
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1825
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$2015
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1905
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1915
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1913