Doha vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$777
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	91
😀 Quality of life	80	77
🏙️ Population	1.19M	6.26M

The cost of living in Doha is 57% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 2449th and 4686th ($1779 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and Chile, respectively. Check Qatar vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 562nd and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Santiago

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	Doha	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$8040

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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 Santiago

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	San Bernardo	$875
20 km or 12 mi	Puente Alto	$930
69 km or 43 mi	Los Andes	$759
78 km or 48 mi	San Felipe	$720
80 km or 50 mi	Rancagua	$798
80 km or 50 mi	Villa Alemana	$827
83 km or 52 mi	Quillota	$833
85 km or 53 mi	Quilpue	$832
89 km or 55 mi	San Antonio	$1074
95 km or 59 mi	Vina del Mar	$874
99 km or 62 mi	Valparaiso	$805
130 km or 80 mi	San Fernando	$920
179 km or 111 mi	Curico	$765
181 km or 112 mi	Godoy Cruz	$812
182 km or 113 mi	Mendoza	$823
185 km or 115 mi	Las Heras	$815
208 km or 129 mi	San Martin	$790
238 km or 148 mi	Talca	$835
251 km or 156 mi	San Rafael	$511
264 km or 164 mi	Constitucion	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Linares	$860
292 km or 181 mi	San Juan	$768
321 km or 199 mi	Ovalle	$735
375 km or 233 mi	Chillan	$642
394 km or 245 mi	Coquimbo	$807
398 km or 247 mi	La Serena	$814
401 km or 249 mi	San Luis	$731
409 km or 254 mi	Tome	$750
426 km or 265 mi	Talcahuano	$671
434 km or 269 mi	Concepcion	$902
455 km or 283 mi	Coronel	$810
456 km or 284 mi	Lujan	$722
464 km or 288 mi	Lota	$800
472 km or 294 mi	Los Angeles	$762
482 km or 300 mi	Villa Mercedes	$710
508 km or 316 mi	Curanilahue	$793
518 km or 322 mi	Angol	$791
542 km or 337 mi	Vallenar	$786
576 km or 358 mi	La Rioja	$680
588 km or 366 mi	Rio Cuarto	$731