Doha vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Doha	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1810	$2300
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4093	$5003
🏠 One person rent	$1170	$1512
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$2405
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$3406
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	45	49
😀 Quality of life	80	88
🏙️ Population	1.19M	608K

The cost of living in Doha is 21% less expensive than in Gold Coast. Cities ranked 2461st and 1120th ($1810 vs $2300) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Qatar and Australia, respectively. Check Qatar vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Doha compared to 1.5 months in Gold Coast. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Gold Coast ranked 7th in Australia, while ranked 501st and 209th 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	$9.21	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$82.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.68	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.5	$7.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$3.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1374	$1455
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$1324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2598	$2455
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$2119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.3	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.9	$54.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.74%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4584	$9386
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3277	$4352
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$3.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$59.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$8.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.89	$5.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.96	$27.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$5.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$4.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.86	$2.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.4	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$798	$1739
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11230	$7508

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1719
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1218
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1226
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1267
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$870
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$989
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$878
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$928
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2309
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1503
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2084
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$561
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$548
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$541
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1050
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$556
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$537
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1232
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$558
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1586
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$546
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$489
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$713
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$507
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$557
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$786
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$879

Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876