Doha vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Doha	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2014	$2528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4398	$5661
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$1635
🏘️ Family rent	$2333	$2683
🍽️ Food expenses	$406	$646
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2972	$3481
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	41	49
😀 Quality of life	84	92
🏙️ Population	1.19M	608K

The cost of living in Doha is 20% less expensive than in Gold Coast. Cities ranked 1994th and 839th ($2014 vs $2528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 1.4 months in Gold Coast. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Gold Coast ranked 6th in Australia, while ranked 537th and 124th 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	$8.75	$19.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.5	$108
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11	$7.08
☕ Cappuccino	$6.17	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$3.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1589	$1886
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1123	$1330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2901	$2881
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1972	$2303
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$86.8	$57.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	5.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4680	$7538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3108	$4593
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.6	$57.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.08	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$5.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$9.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$4.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.67	$6.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.56	$26.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.07	$5.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.84	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$136	$38.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$56.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.54	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.9	$70.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$2105
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11285	$8134

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1923
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1109
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1192
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1309
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1037
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$823
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$928
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2420
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1473
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2183
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$545
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$465
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$489
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1457
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$541
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$523
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1214
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$565
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1632
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$547
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$487
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$707
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$492
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$545
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$556
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$796
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$861

Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894