Doha vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$57.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$179
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	45	69
😀 Quality of life	80	46
🏙️ Population	1.19M	11.1M

The cost of living in Doha is 333% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 2449th and 8934th ($1779 vs $411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 0.4 months in Lahore. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 562nd and 6486th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Lahore

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	Doha	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$102
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$74.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	19.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$5.75
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$2.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$3.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$0.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$1.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$13
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$15
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$37.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$1172

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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 Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346