Doha vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$4315
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	100
😀 Quality of life	80	100
🏙️ Population	1.19M	4.84M

The cost of living in Doha is 30% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 2449th and 745th ($1779 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and Australia, respectively. Check Qatar vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 562nd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Sydney

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	Doha	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683