Doha vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Doha	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1810	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4093	$2809
🏠 One person rent	$1170	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$1064
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$2198
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	45	100
😀 Quality of life	80	79
🏙️ Population	1.19M	594K

The cost of living in Doha is 71% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 2461st and 5234th ($1810 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 362nd in Qatar and Japan, respectively. Check Qatar vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Doha compared to 2.1 months in Kawaguchi. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 501st and 584th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Kawaguchi

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	Doha	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.21	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.68	$4.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.5	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1374	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2598	$1103
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$830
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.3	$95.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.9	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.74%	1.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4584	$6874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3277	$4013
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$67.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.89	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.96	$4.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$9.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.86	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$57.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.4	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$19.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$60.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$798	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11230	$12607

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095