Doha vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Doha	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1849	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4110	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$412	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3003	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	44	56
😀 Quality of life	82	44
🏙️ Population	1.19M	43.9K

The cost of living in Doha is 73% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 2509th and 5084th ($1849 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Qatar and the Palestine, respectively. Check Qatar vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Doha compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 608th and 7218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Ramallah

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	Doha	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.4	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.46	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1391	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$974	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2548	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1715	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.7	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84.5	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5456	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3618	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.06	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.82	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.7	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.26	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.94	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.09	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$118	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$825	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11426	$4130

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1770
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1201
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1230
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1237
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$908
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1008
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$873
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$930
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1419
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2521
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$530
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$453
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$477
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1449
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$529
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$503
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1228
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1627
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$530
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$463
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$730
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$483
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$549
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$792
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$889

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850