Doha vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$1263
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	45	7
😀 Quality of life	80	62
🏙️ Population	1.19M	133K

The cost of living in Doha is 36% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 2449th and 4205th ($1779 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Qatar and Maldives, respectively. Check Qatar vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1 months in Male. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 562nd and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Male

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	Doha	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$3201

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360