Doha vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Doha	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1810	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4093	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$1170	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$846
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	45	82
😀 Quality of life	80	67
🏙️ Population	1.19M	5.38M

The cost of living in Doha is 107% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 2461st and 6204th ($1810 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Qatar and Russia, respectively. Check Qatar vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Doha compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 501st and 3645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Saint Petersburg

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	Doha	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.21	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.68	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.5	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1374	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2598	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.3	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.9	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.74%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4584	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3277	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.89	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.96	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.86	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.4	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$798	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11230	$6847

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525