Doha vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$1508
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$611
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	45	16
😀 Quality of life	80	13
🏙️ Population	1.19M	344K

The cost of living in Doha is 186% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 2449th and 7441st ($1779 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and Lesotho, respectively. Check Qatar vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1 months in Maseru. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 562nd and 9104th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Maseru

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	Doha	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$125
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$63.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$5.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$5.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$46.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$1063

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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 Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628