Doha vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$487
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	45	66
😀 Quality of life	80	65
🏙️ Population	1.19M	9.39M

The cost of living in Doha is 142% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 2449th and 6739th ($1779 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and Vietnam, respectively. Check Qatar vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 562nd and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Doha	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$14143

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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 Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$530
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$425
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$494
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$678
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$454
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$514
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$507
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$526
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$504
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$516
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$531
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$634
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$535
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$644
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$516
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$573
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$677
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$427
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$685
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$584
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$593
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$393
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$752
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$781
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588