Doha vs Kansas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Kansas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$2121
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$5385
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$2164
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$649
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$4006
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	45	64
😀 Quality of life	80	86
🏙️ Population	1.19M	508K

The cost of living in Doha is 16% less expensive than in Kansas. Cities ranked 2449th and 1532nd ($1779 vs $2121) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1366th in Qatar and the United States, respectively. Check Qatar vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1.9 months in Kansas. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Kansas ranked 85th in the United States, while ranked 562nd and 320th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Kansas

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	Doha	Kansas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$83.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$5.99
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$1212
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$942
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$2362
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$53.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$2153
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$1909
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$20.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$3.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$5.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$5.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$6.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$7.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$3.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$146
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$1376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$28999

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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 Kansas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kansas City	$2196
12 km or 7.4 mi	Raytown	$2039
15 km or 9.2 mi	Leawood	$2325
15 km or 9.2 mi	Overland Park	$2437
15 km or 9.2 mi	Independence	$1825
16 km or 10 mi	Shawnee	$2259
18 km or 11 mi	Lenexa	$2322
18 km or 11 mi	Gladstone	$1992
19 km or 12 mi	Grandview	$2219
23 km or 14 mi	Lee's Summit	$2063
25 km or 16 mi	Liberty	$1922
26 km or 16 mi	Belton	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Olathe	$2290
27 km or 17 mi	Blue Springs	$1979
39 km or 24 mi	Gardner	$2124
41 km or 26 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
57 km or 35 mi	Lawrence	$1720
82 km or 51 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
95 km or 59 mi	Topeka	$1649
123 km or 77 mi	Sedalia	$1912
156 km or 97 mi	Emporia	$1337
174 km or 108 mi	Manhattan	$1777
183 km or 113 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
195 km or 121 mi	Columbia	$1549
195 km or 121 mi	Junction	$1993
215 km or 134 mi	Jefferson	$1801
219 km or 136 mi	Joplin	$1896
235 km or 146 mi	Springfield	$1534
250 km or 155 mi	Nixa	$1689
261 km or 162 mi	Bellevue	$2014
263 km or 163 mi	Salina	$1569
265 km or 165 mi	Lincoln	$1698
265 km or 165 mi	Newton	$1730
268 km or 167 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
275 km or 171 mi	Omaha	$2068
283 km or 176 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
284 km or 176 mi	Wichita	$1811
286 km or 178 mi	Ottumwa	$1750
287 km or 178 mi	Derby	$1846