Doha vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$3578
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	34
😀 Quality of life	80	80
🏙️ Population	1.19M	543K

The cost of living in Doha is 9% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 2449th and 1962nd ($1779 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1679th 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 1.8 months in Tucson. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Tucson ranked 156th in the United States, while ranked 562nd and 561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Tucson

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	Doha	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262