Doha vs Memphis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Memphis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$4389
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1092
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1592
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$70.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$3516
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	45	67
😀 Quality of life	80	87
🏙️ Population	1.19M	633K

The cost of living in Doha is 5% less expensive than in Memphis. Cities ranked 2449th and 2179th ($1779 vs $1874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1817th in Qatar and the United States, respectively. Check Qatar vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1.9 months in Memphis. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Memphis ranked 73rd in the United States, while ranked 562nd and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Memphis

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	Doha	Memphis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$9.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$5.47
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$976
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$883
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1292
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$64.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$1489
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$1490
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$12.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$9.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$7.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$1469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$27369

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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 Memphis

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Germantown	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Bartlett	$2134
17 km or 10 mi	Southaven	$2062
19 km or 12 mi	Horn Lake	$2070
19 km or 12 mi	West Memphis	$1865
21 km or 13 mi	Olive Branch	$2077
27 km or 17 mi	Collierville	$2268
38 km or 24 mi	Atoka	$2117
94 km or 58 mi	Oxford	$2009
103 km or 64 mi	Jonesboro	$1781
115 km or 71 mi	Paragould	$1874
116 km or 72 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
119 km or 74 mi	Jackson	$1717
149 km or 92 mi	Tupelo	$1946
161 km or 100 mi	Searcy	$1831
187 km or 116 mi	Poplar Bluff	$1882
187 km or 116 mi	Cabot	$1645
197 km or 123 mi	Jacksonville	$1830
207 km or 128 mi	Sherwood	$1930
212 km or 132 mi	Starkville	$1617
213 km or 132 mi	Pine Bluff	$1856
213 km or 132 mi	North Little Rock	$1999
213 km or 132 mi	Florence	$1350
215 km or 134 mi	Greenville	$1989
219 km or 136 mi	Little Rock	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Murray	$1828
226 km or 140 mi	Conway	$1774
230 km or 143 mi	Columbus	$1806
245 km or 153 mi	Benton	$1943
247 km or 153 mi	Cape Girardeau	$1649
249 km or 154 mi	Paducah	$1728
271 km or 168 mi	Columbia	$2031
276 km or 172 mi	Athens	$1839
279 km or 173 mi	Decatur	$1772
283 km or 176 mi	Clarksville	$2075
286 km or 178 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
288 km or 179 mi	Russellville	$1438
290 km or 180 mi	Hot Springs	$1322
295 km or 183 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
296 km or 184 mi	Franklin	$2738