Doha vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Doha	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1849	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4110	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$412	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3003	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	44	56
😀 Quality of life	82	62
🏙️ Population	1.19M	2.42M

The cost of living in Doha is 134% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 2509th and 6702nd ($1849 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Qatar and Brazil, respectively. Check Qatar vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Doha compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 608th and 5621st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Salvador

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	Doha	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.4	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$5.46	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1391	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$974	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2548	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1715	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.7	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84.5	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5456	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3618	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.06	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.82	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.7	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.26	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.94	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.09	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$118	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$825	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11426	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699