Doha vs Manaus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Doha	Manaus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2100	$842
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4575	$2000
🏠 One person rent	$1424	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$2453	$629
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3086	$505
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	41	25
😀 Quality of life	83	60
🏙️ Population	1.19M	2.3M

The cost of living in Doha is 150% more expensive than in Manaus. Cities ranked 1744th and 6589th ($2100 vs $842) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 18th in Qatar and Brazil, respectively. Check Qatar vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Doha compared to 0.6 months in Manaus. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Manaus ranked 31st in Brazil, while ranked 513th and 5837th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/doha/manaus.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Doha vs Manaus infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/doha/manaus" target="_blank">Doha vs Manaus - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Doha vs Manaus

Prices for goods and services in Doha and Manaus are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Doha	Manaus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$5.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.8	$22.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.16	$7.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.5	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1799	$486
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1146	$224
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3302	$830
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2017	$397
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.1	$81.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$89.5	$22.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.92%	10.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4178	$1722
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2669	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.6	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$8.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.08
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$9.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$1.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.63	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$3.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$1.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.08	$0.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$130	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$6.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.8	$48.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$8.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.1	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$64.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$762	$219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10635	$4970

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$2015
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1062
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1218
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1340
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$965
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1059
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$778
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$917
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2470
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1543
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2356
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$494
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$454
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1455
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$497
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$471
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1173
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$505
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1628
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$485
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$459
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$703
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$469
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$522
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$797
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$861

Cities near Manaus

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Manacapuru	$744
175 km or 109 mi	Itacoatiara	$744
257 km or 160 mi	Maues	$747
364 km or 226 mi	Coari	$744
368 km or 229 mi	Parintins	$750
466 km or 290 mi	Itaituba	$755
484 km or 301 mi	Oriximina	$759
522 km or 324 mi	Tefe	$667
594 km or 369 mi	Santarem	$669
662 km or 412 mi	Boa Vista	$744
762 km or 474 mi	Porto Velho	$716
828 km or 515 mi	Ariquemes	$665
867 km or 539 mi	Altamira	$667
892 km or 554 mi	Ji-Parana	$645
979 km or 608 mi	Rolim de Moura	$634
1030 km or 640 mi	Linden	$1236
1040 km or 646 mi	Santana	$618
1054 km or 655 mi	Macapa	$649
1059 km or 658 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$890
1071 km or 666 mi	Breves	$655
1072 km or 666 mi	Vilhena	$575
1076 km or 669 mi	New Amsterdam	$1236
1094 km or 680 mi	Sinop	$780
1108 km or 689 mi	Tabatinga	$670
1118 km or 695 mi	Georgetown	$1212
1133 km or 704 mi	Paramaribo	$914
1151 km or 715 mi	Tucurui	$670
1151 km or 715 mi	Rio Branco	$815
1165 km or 724 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1908
1172 km or 729 mi	Cameta	$652
1231 km or 765 mi	Kourou	$1966
1235 km or 767 mi	Maraba	$709
1236 km or 768 mi	Cayenne	$1941
1246 km or 774 mi	Abaetetuba	$596
1264 km or 785 mi	Upata	$793
1290 km or 801 mi	Puerto Ayacucho	$815
1292 km or 803 mi	Belem	$812
1307 km or 812 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$896
1307 km or 812 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$846
1308 km or 813 mi	Ananindeua	$709