Doha vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$3115
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	50
😀 Quality of life	80	90
🏙️ Population	1.19M	1.02M

The cost of living in Doha is 13% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 2449th and 1701st ($1779 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Qatar and Canada, respectively. Check Qatar vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 562nd and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Ottawa

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	Doha	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800