Doha vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$2054
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$4880
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1862
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$3539
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	45	82
😀 Quality of life	80	88
🏙️ Population	1.19M	577K

The cost of living in Doha is 13% less expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 2449th and 1702nd ($1779 vs $2054) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1506th 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 Milwaukee. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Milwaukee ranked 55th in the United States, while ranked 562nd and 240th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Milwaukee

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	Doha	Milwaukee
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$54
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$3.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$2332
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$3.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$3.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$1813
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$24191

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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 Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378