Doha vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$5531
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	45	87
😀 Quality of life	80	91
🏙️ Population	1.19M	1.39M

The cost of living in Doha is 48% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 2449th and 36th ($1779 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd 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 San Diego. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 562nd and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs San Diego

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	Doha	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$28706

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759