Doha vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$1651
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	24
😀 Quality of life	80	78
🏙️ Population	1.19M	592K

The cost of living in Doha is 24% more expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 2449th and 3759th ($1779 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st in Qatar and Spain, respectively. Check Qatar vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 562nd and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Malaga

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	Doha	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$9532

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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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449