Doha vs Lilongwe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Lilongwe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$587
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$1571
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$251
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$555
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$51.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$275
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	45	13
😀 Quality of life	80	20
🏙️ Population	1.19M	989K

The cost of living in Doha is 203% more expensive than in Lilongwe. Cities ranked 2449th and 7807th ($1779 vs $587) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and Malawi, respectively. Check Qatar vs Malawi comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.5 months in Lilongwe. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Lilongwe ranked 4th in Malawi, while ranked 562nd and 8847th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Lilongwe

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	Doha	Lilongwe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$4.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$373
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$362
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$474
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	12.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$10555
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$588
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$11.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$5.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$2.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$1.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$2.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$0.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$2351

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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 Lilongwe

Distance	City	Cost of living
123 km or 76 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
134 km or 83 mi	Ntcheu	$492
169 km or 105 mi	Mangochi	$493
228 km or 142 mi	Zomba	$457
233 km or 145 mi	Mzimba	$566
240 km or 149 mi	Blantyre	$507
243 km or 151 mi	Tete	$825
283 km or 176 mi	Mzuzu	$525
293 km or 182 mi	Mulanje	$461
506 km or 314 mi	Kasama	$748
518 km or 322 mi	Harare	$992
524 km or 326 mi	Marondera	$794
533 km or 331 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
536 km or 333 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
545 km or 339 mi	Quelimane	$675
550 km or 342 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
566 km or 352 mi	Mbeya	$461
567 km or 353 mi	Mutare	$752
568 km or 353 mi	Ndola	$541
572 km or 355 mi	Chimoio	$947
603 km or 375 mi	Nampula	$872
613 km or 381 mi	Lusaka	$738
616 km or 383 mi	Mansa	$776
616 km or 383 mi	Kitwe	$917
618 km or 384 mi	Mufulira	$1018
637 km or 396 mi	Kadoma	$723
660 km or 410 mi	Chingola	$875
660 km or 410 mi	Beira	$1003
682 km or 424 mi	Kwekwe	$730
732 km or 455 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
740 km or 460 mi	Pemba	$1506
741 km or 460 mi	Gweru	$597
744 km or 462 mi	Nacala	$1150
746 km or 464 mi	Masvingo	$854
795 km or 494 mi	Choma	$700
835 km or 519 mi	Likasi	$961
883 km or 549 mi	Bulawayo	$766
886 km or 551 mi	Dodoma	$502
902 km or 560 mi	Morogoro	$486
949 km or 590 mi	Livingstone	$688