Doha vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$218
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	45	30
😀 Quality of life	80	14
🏙️ Population	1.19M	4.27M

The cost of living in Doha is 275% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 2449th and 8769th ($1779 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Qatar and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Qatar vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 562nd and 9071st 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	$9.28	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476