Doha vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$4579
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	54
😀 Quality of life	80	86
🏙️ Population	1.19M	525K

The cost of living in Doha is 37% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 2449th and 313th ($1779 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 277th 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 Sacramento. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 562nd and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Sacramento

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	Doha	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$29998

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045