Doha vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$1546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	45	96
😀 Quality of life	80	74
🏙️ Population	1.19M	13.1M

The cost of living in Doha is 43% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2449th and 4359th ($1779 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and Russia, respectively. Check Qatar vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 562nd and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Moscow

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	Doha	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592