Doha vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Doha	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1810	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4093	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$1170	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$188
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	45	29
😀 Quality of life	80	13
🏙️ Population	1.19M	4.27M

The cost of living in Doha is 202% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 2461st and 7801st ($1810 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Qatar vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Doha compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 501st and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Kabul

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	Doha	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.21	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.68	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.5	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1374	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2598	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.3	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.9	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.74%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4584	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3277	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.89	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.96	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.86	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.4	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$798	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11230	$1452

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487