Doha vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Rabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$302
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$795
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$56.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$653
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	45	40
😀 Quality of life	80	63
🏙️ Population	1.19M	573K

The cost of living in Doha is 153% more expensive than in Rabat. Cities ranked 2449th and 6866th ($1779 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Qatar and Morocco, respectively. Check Qatar vs Morocco comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.9 months in Rabat. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Rabat ranked 1st in Morocco, while ranked 562nd and 4758th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Rabat

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	Doha	Rabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$4.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$6.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$355
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$1030
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$646
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$23.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$36.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	4.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$1598
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$25.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$7.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$9.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$5.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$26.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$4.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$93.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$140
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$5394

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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 Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$536
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$619
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$558
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$652
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$850
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$486
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$435
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$533
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$502
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$448
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$679
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$517
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1196
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1141
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$889
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1359
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$687
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1358
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$489
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1395
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$2040
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$893
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1291
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1263
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1353
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1373
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$1081
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1165
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1124
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1415
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$1950
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1430