Doha vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Doha	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2014	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4398	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$2333	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$406	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2972	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	41	8
😀 Quality of life	84	48
🏙️ Population	1.19M	24.7K

The cost of living in Doha is 22% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 1994th and 3471st ($2014 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Qatar vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Doha compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 537th and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Victoria

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	Doha	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.75	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.5	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$6.17	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1589	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1123	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2901	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1972	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$86.8	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4680	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3108	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.6	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.08	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.67	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.56	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.07	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.84	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$136	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.54	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.9	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11285	$8971

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419