Doha vs Omaha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Omaha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$2068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$5023
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1218
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$2227
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$605
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$97.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$4141
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	75
😀 Quality of life	80	88
🏙️ Population	1.19M	486K

The cost of living in Doha is 14% less expensive than in Omaha. Cities ranked 2449th and 1666th ($1779 vs $2068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1477th 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 2 months in Omaha. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Omaha ranked 57th in the United States, while ranked 562nd and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Omaha

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	Doha	Omaha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$2548
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1708
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$1944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$1801
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$55.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$3.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$5.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$6.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$8.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$4.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$95.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$57.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$94.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$917
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$24732

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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

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Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2014
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1994
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1698
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1996
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1759
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1949
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1865
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1878
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1857
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1853
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1831
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1854
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1706
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1829
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1709
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1649
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1993
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1848
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1992
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1922
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1720
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1684
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2196
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1710
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2259
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2121
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2322
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1825
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2437
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2290
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2039
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2325
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2124
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1979