Doha vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$3146
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	45	99
😀 Quality of life	80	95
🏙️ Population	1.19M	2.15M

The cost of living in Doha is 22% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2449th and 1222nd ($1779 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and France, respectively. Check Qatar vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 562nd and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Paris

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	Doha	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293