Doha vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Doha	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1810	$1750
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4093	$4293
🏠 One person rent	$1170	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$489
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$1885
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	92
😀 Quality of life	80	86
🏙️ Population	1.19M	2.75M

The cost of living in Doha is 3% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 2461st and 2722nd ($1810 vs $1750) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Qatar and Italy, respectively. Check Qatar vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Doha compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 501st and 294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Rome

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	Doha	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.21	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.68	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.5	$5.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1374	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2598	$2242
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$1322
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.3	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.9	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.74%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4584	$7363
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3277	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$38.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$4.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$4.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.89	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.96	$7.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.86	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.4	$123
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$70.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$798	$513
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11230	$10781

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1719
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1218
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1226
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1267
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$870
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$989
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$878
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$928
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2309
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1503
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2084
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$561
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$548
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$541
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1050
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$556
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$537
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1232
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$558
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1586
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$546
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$489
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$713
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$507
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$557
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$786
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$879

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$928
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1654
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1492
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1427
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1316
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1400
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1324
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1277
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1061
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1058
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1117
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1168
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1424
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1268
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1034
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1129
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1188
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1340
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1148
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1148
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1301
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1259
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1320
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1294
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1249
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1323
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1601
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1212
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1231
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1449
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1342
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1199
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1400
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1208
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1240
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1632
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1262