Doha vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Doha	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1810	$840
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4093	$2441
🏠 One person rent	$1170	$386
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$1086
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$781
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	28
😀 Quality of life	80	50
🏙️ Population	1.19M	431K

The cost of living in Doha is 115% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 2461st and 6296th ($1810 vs $840) 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 2.1 months in Doha compared to 0.9 months in Windhoek. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 501st and 6223rd 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	$9.21	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$46.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.68	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.5	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1374	$362
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2598	$1113
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.3	$52.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$80.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.9	$60.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.74%	11.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4584	$795
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3277	$827
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$34.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$7.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$3.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$6.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$5.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$6.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.89	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.96	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.86	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$35.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$3.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.4	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$7.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$43.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$798	$174
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11230	$5452

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1719
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1218
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1226
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1267
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$870
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$989
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$878
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$928
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2309
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1503
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2084
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$561
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$548
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$541
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1050
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$556
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$537
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1232
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$558
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1586
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$546
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$489
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$713
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$507
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$557
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$786
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$879

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$779
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$833
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$818
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$797
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$832
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$807
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$790
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$766
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$761
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$741
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$654
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$690
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$692
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$718
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$809
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$600
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$663
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$859
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$554
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$670
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$585
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$652
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$848
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$774
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$971
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$874
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$997
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$736
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$909
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$838
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$705
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$822