Doha vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$262
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	45	53
😀 Quality of life	80	44
🏙️ Population	1.19M	2.11M

The cost of living in Doha is 270% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 2449th and 8745th ($1779 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th in Qatar and Indonesia, respectively. Check Qatar vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 562nd and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Medan

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	Doha	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$10763

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501