Doha vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$6395
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1516
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$4131
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	99
😀 Quality of life	80	90
🏙️ Population	1.19M	1.6M

The cost of living in Doha is 31% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 2449th and 664th ($1779 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 610th 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 1.6 months in Philadelphia. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Philadelphia ranked 28th in the United States, while ranked 562nd and 138th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Philadelphia

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	Doha	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$94.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$1200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$3231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$2273
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$3404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$2379
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$95.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$4.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$9.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$6.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$5.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$5.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$3.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$5.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$3.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$2066
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$19774

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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 Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2625
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2596
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2683
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2621
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2415
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2574
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2604
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2477
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2567
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2600
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2591
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2608
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2368
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2600
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2611
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2787
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2493
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2423
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2582
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2541
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2353
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2683
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2676
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2085
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2653
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$2901
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2642
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2739
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2919
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2819
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2723
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2782
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2849
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2303
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2264
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2880
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2320
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2557
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2693