Doha vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$1170
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$156
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$34.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$261
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	45	69
😀 Quality of life	80	49
🏙️ Population	1.19M	1.01M

The cost of living in Doha is 303% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 2449th and 8870th ($1779 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Qatar and Pakistan, respectively. Check Qatar vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.6 months in Islamabad. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 562nd and 6313th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Islamabad

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	Doha	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$17.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$94.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$514
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$69.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	20.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$1142
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$682
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$6.78
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$2.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$1.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$1.71
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$19.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$85.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$64.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$2961

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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 Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369