Doha vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Doha	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2100	$2451
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4575	$5856
🏠 One person rent	$1424	$1515
🏘️ Family rent	$2453	$2643
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$643
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$132
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3086	$4510
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	41	78
😀 Quality of life	83	89
🏙️ Population	1.19M	689K

The cost of living in Doha is 14% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 1744th and 982nd ($2100 vs $2451) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 843rd 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 1.5 months in Doha compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Nashville ranked 66th in the United States, while ranked 513th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Doha	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.8	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.16	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.5	$7.04
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$6.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1799	$1666
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1146	$1232
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3302	$3034
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2017	$2217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.1	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$89.5	$73.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.92%	6.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4178	$4767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2669	$2707
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.6	$61.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$3.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$3.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$5.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$4.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$3.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.63	$9.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.08	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$130	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.8	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.1	$54.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$762	$1468
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10635	$30286

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$2015
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1062
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1218
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1340
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$965
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1059
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$778
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$917
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2470
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1543
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2356
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$494
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$454
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1455
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$497
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$471
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1173
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$505
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1628
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$485
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$459
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$703
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$469
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$522
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$797
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$861

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2332
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2322
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2315
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2809
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2246
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2275
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2245
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2291
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2017
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2027
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2074
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2213
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1829
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1933
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1812
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1907
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1896
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1427
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1666
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2119
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2144
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1838
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1686
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1808
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1859
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2096
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1989
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1806
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1365
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1602
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1391
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2079
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1896
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1595