Doha vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$824
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$190
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	45	48
😀 Quality of life	80	40
🏙️ Population	1.19M	1.97M

The cost of living in Doha is 414% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 2449th and 9093rd ($1779 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Qatar and Pakistan, respectively. Check Qatar vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 562nd and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Peshawar

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	Doha	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596