Doha vs Mesa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Mesa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$2413
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$5513
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1527
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$2684
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$647
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$86.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$4154
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	45	67
😀 Quality of life	80	73
🏙️ Population	1.19M	504K

The cost of living in Doha is 26% less expensive than in Mesa. Cities ranked 2449th and 933rd ($1779 vs $2413) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 854th 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 1.7 months in Mesa. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Mesa ranked 422nd in the United States, while ranked 562nd and 1561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Mesa

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	Doha	Mesa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$74.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$5.99
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$1564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$1217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$2503
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$2321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$2947
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$3478
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$44.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$13.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$4.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$5.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$4.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$13.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$9.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$5.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$4.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$42
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$94.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$1121
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$12523

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Mesa

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Gilbert	$2417
10 km or 6.5 mi	Tempe	$2423
12 km or 7.7 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
12 km or 7.7 mi	Chandler	$2306
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
25 km or 15 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
26 km or 16 mi	Phoenix	$2395
26 km or 16 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
39 km or 24 mi	Glendale	$1979
42 km or 26 mi	Peoria	$2342
45 km or 28 mi	Maricopa	$2281
48 km or 30 mi	Avondale	$2525
49 km or 30 mi	Goodyear	$2468
51 km or 31 mi	El Mirage	$2304
55 km or 34 mi	Surprise	$2328
59 km or 37 mi	Florence	$2319
59 km or 37 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
71 km or 44 mi	Buckeye	$2388
132 km or 82 mi	Marana	$2073
136 km or 85 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
138 km or 86 mi	Prescott	$2466
140 km or 87 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
141 km or 88 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
157 km or 98 mi	Tucson	$1957
183 km or 114 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
199 km or 124 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
244 km or 152 mi	Nogales	$2077
247 km or 154 mi	Nogales	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
257 km or 160 mi	Blythe	$2763
258 km or 160 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
272 km or 169 mi	Yuma	$1815
283 km or 176 mi	Kingman	$1926
292 km or 182 mi	San Luis	$1947
293 km or 182 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
301 km or 187 mi	Caborca	$788
316 km or 196 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
316 km or 196 mi	Bullhead	$1852
348 km or 216 mi	Brawley	$2729
349 km or 217 mi	Mexicali	$913