Doha vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Doha	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2014	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4398	$2264
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$451
🏘️ Family rent	$2333	$763
🍽️ Food expenses	$406	$356
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$51.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2972	$744
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	41	47
😀 Quality of life	84	66
🏙️ Population	1.19M	276K

The cost of living in Doha is 111% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 1994th and 5994th ($2014 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Qatar and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Qatar vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Doha compared to 0.8 months in Sarajevo. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 537th and 5011th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Sarajevo

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	Doha	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.75	$9.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$8.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$6.17	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$2.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1589	$391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1123	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2901	$704
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1972	$501
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$86.8	$24.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4680	$3347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3108	$2388
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.6	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$8.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.08	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$3.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$8.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.67	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.56	$4.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.07	$9.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.84	$1.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$136	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$6.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$29.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.54	$4.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.9	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11285	$3948

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1923
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1109
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1192
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1309
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1037
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$823
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$928
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2420
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1473
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2183
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$545
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$465
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$489
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1457
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$541
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$523
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1214
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$565
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1632
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$547
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$487
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$707
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$492
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$545
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$556
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$796
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$861

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$819
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$721
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$682
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$741
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$924
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1193
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1744
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$965
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1661
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$992
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$888
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1288
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1673
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1156
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$990
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1566
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$629
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1066
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1571
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1206
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$723
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$851
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1150
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1160
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1173
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1378
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$948
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1191
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1150
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$839
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1119
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$571
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$676
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1124
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1457
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1171
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$694
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$1031
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$923