Doha vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$2358
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$566
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$1728
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	15
😀 Quality of life	80	47
🏙️ Population	1.19M	886K

The cost of living in Doha is 65% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 2449th and 4967th ($1779 vs $1078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Qatar vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 562nd and 6450th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Tabuk

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	Doha	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$93.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$1372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$856
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$2.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$2.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$6.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$77
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$8574

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$381
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1577
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$793
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$961
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$646
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$342
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$336
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$710
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1716
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1680
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1471
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1684
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1686
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$813
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$762
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1742
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$905
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$781
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1732
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$994
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$640
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$996
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$552
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1837
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1811
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2123
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1884
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1891
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$272
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028