Doha vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$709
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	45	92
😀 Quality of life	80	67
🏙️ Population	1.19M	9.21M

The cost of living in Doha is 53% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2449th and 4604th ($1779 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Qatar and Mexico, respectively. Check Qatar vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 562nd and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Mexico City

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	Doha	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804