Doha vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$2459
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$57.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$894
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	29
😀 Quality of life	80	51
🏙️ Population	1.19M	431K

The cost of living in Doha is 106% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 2449th and 6224th ($1779 vs $862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and Namibia, respectively. Check Qatar vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 1 months in Windhoek. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 562nd and 6198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Windhoek

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	Doha	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$9.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$1008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$46.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	11.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$1274
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$786
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$5.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$4344

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$792
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$811
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$813
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$827
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$768
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$740
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$742
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$731
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$699
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$628
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$664
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$665
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$691
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$780
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$631
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$814
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$540
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$688
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$624
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$577
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$820
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$748
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$923
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$837
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$953
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$671
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$906
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$807
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$645
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$785