Cost of Living in Doha

"Hi. Ive been offered a job in Doha with 35000qar salart pm. I have wife and 2 school going children.My lifestyle in average.if I live a conservative life how much I'll be able to save pm. Thanks a lot in anticipation."

Your biggest expenditure will be on rent and children education. Still the salary is good enough that you will save atleast 8k - 10k pm, considering you have a moderate style of living

I got an offer of $ 33,000 P.A+ Accommodation +Transportation. For two people is that sufficient. If Im spending Rs.65000 PM

If rent and transport is included then it is a good offer. You will save more if you prep your own food a

Hello all,

I got job offer in dhoa city with 11.00QAR.
Engineer role, company will provide accomudation + %50 2kids school + and family medical
I have a wife and 2 small kids.
this is good or bad offer? How can I live there?
what is your idea

thanks...

Hi. Ive been offered a job in Doha with 35000qar salart pm. I have wife and 2 school going children.My lifestyle in average.if I live a conservative life how much I'll be able to save pm. Thanks a lot in anticipation.

Hi All,

I have an opportunity to work in Qatar Doha and company has been offering 7700 riyal/month + Accommodation (Car,Petrol,Medical,Home rent). And i am pure vegetarian. my living style is normal. so is this good package or i need to ask for more salary?

Please advise.

Afternoon All

I've been approached by a recruiter for a 22 month contract role in Doha (Engineering). Offer is day rate of USD590 with a monthly allowance of USD7000 to cover housing, transport, schooling etc. Package also includes for flights, medical and insurance for me and my family.
Would this be sufficient for a family of four (kids are 9 and 7) and is this a part of the world I would be comfortable allowing my daughter to be exposed to?

thanks

Nath

hi I have got a job with 8000 QR without accommodation, food, transport, medical. Can any one suggest me how much can I save?

Hi,
I got job offer in dhoa city with 9000QAR. Engineer role.my agency told me company will provide accomudation. Can any one help company is provide labour camp or we can stay sharing houses. Company allowed sharing houses for engineer?.

Hello i got a job in qatar for 2500 QR.Accomodation and transportation was provided by company.Can anyone tell me that how much cost for food ( own preparation) it takes for month?

This is pretty inaccurate. If you plan to move with your family, I would consider moving elsewhere. I used to live in Qatar for 4 years, and the tuition fees at an international school were around 70000 Qatari rials for high school per year, excluding the transportation costs, food, additional school fees, and the pain in the ass for the children to wake up at around 5:30-6:00 in the morning if you live a half an hour ride away from the school. If you are European or an Amercian, most likely you will live in a compound, or areas such as ''The Pearl'', where the accommodation is very expensive. For a 2 bedroom non-furnished apartment I had to pay around 12500qr rials per month. Of course, your company may cover these costs or at least a fraction of them. So, unless you live alone you are fine. If you are an American, European or other highly developed nations, to live a family is such a pain in the ass. Even though the salary may seem appealing, the costs of living are very high, and especially the product prices with the current prices, I do not suggest to move there.

Hi, I want to save 25 lacs/ year.
what should be my annual salary in Doha to have this much (25 lacs/year) saving.

If one get an offer in a Hamad Medical. How one can live and spend money for the first month till receiving the first salary. How much money is expected to be spent by an individual for the first month in Doha assuming the accommodation is provided.

Dear Deepak,

I am living in Qatar for past 2 years. From my experience, 13K Qrs + incentive is very good package. You can have good savings in your pockets for sure....

Thank you #Walter Truman. No matter how they try to belittle you comments (it's a fact in the Mid East), I totally agree with you. However, not all are bad, it's just the majority...

Hello sir/Ma'am
I got a job in Doha , qatar. And they are giving me a 2800Qr without accomodation.
So can you suggest me.this is good for me and
how can i save money for my future .

Hello #Busair, yes you can save since accommodation(major expense) has been taken care of for you. Good luck.
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#busair on Jan 17, 2017 :
hi niggas i got a job in qatar and my salary ia 12000qtr + accomodation and free health and it only me, will it be okay for me to live decent life there and also have good saving from nigeria....

I'm offered salary 17500qr + 10000 accommodation per month. Planning to move to Doha with my family, me, wife and my kid. How much I can save per month after all expenses.

I get job in Doha. Salary 5000qts. Acc+trans free. How can I spent for veg food per month.

Dear Sir,
I am in pross of taking job in doha as sales manager the company is big trading company and has offer only 5000 Qr and accommodation and after one yr family status but they have not clear reg school fee. medical is born by them and company maintain car. I want know if they dont pay for child education what are fees normally in good school plus will i able to save money . as i am earing same in india what they have offer and I have ask them min 10k to 15 k QR .kindly reply as ur suggestion will help me to take the call. secondly is day to day expence are hig out there.what is good salary package for sales and mktg manager there.

Hi people,
I have got job in hotel 5*, my sallary is 1600QR. Accommodate,food,transport and visa,they giving me.
Thats good or bad offer? How can I live there?

Thanks a lot

Can any one tell me ..
That i hav got a job in a restorent and tgey r giving me 4000QR. Without any accomodation and food .....now i want to ask that can i save some money hare ???

Hai,

I got an offer ( 2500 QAR + Food + Accommodation ) is this enough for me for living Doha , Qatar? Should I have get any savings?
Please send me the answer it is urgent.

I am a chef and looking a job for Chef position. Any one can help me.

The first thing that you need to understand about Qatar is that everything you read or hear about is completely bogus. Everything is made up and Qatar inc pays a lot of money towards PR, everything is a PR stunt.
The second thing is that the Qataris are VERY sensitive to any criticism of their country. There has been many cases where expatiates have been jailed and thrown out of the country simply for accidentally saying something that we all know about in public. We only hear about these people from our embassies. There is actually a law against any bad news or press against Qatar. The media and all on-line social is monitored very carefully by CID 'agents'. the fact that there is law against even the faintest whisper of criticism against Qatar should scare you from going there. Why would the government of Qatar feel the need to jail people who wishes to express there opinions about their country. Because it they didn't, no one would end up going to Qatar, not even for the so called good money they provide. This is very important point. Qatar pays high salaries to some expatiates, mostly because they have no other option as experienced expatiates wont go there for almost all the money in the world. Just don't do it.
The third thing you should know is that Qatar is not safe. There are numerousness cases of rapes reported to police. Most of these cases are shooed of by the police and the ones that are logged are never reported officially. Sooooooo many women have already learned that it is pointless to go to the police, they just just tend to leave the country with their emotional baggage. Theft is also rampant in many areas. So if you enjoy knowing that your girlfriend or wife gets serenaded by a fat stupid Arab, then this is the place for you.
The fourth thing is that all law is catered to protect Qataris 1st, then other Muslim people. If you are an expatiate, Muslim or not and you have any issue with a Qatari it is almost always certainly your fault. The Qatari people have become extremely arrogant because they have created a system which bends to their whims, this includes even legal issues, and while they pretend to be high and mighty on the religious side, they are the BIGGEST Hippocrates in the world! They will rape your wife, steal your money, drive you out of the way with there SUV and even if you have proof, they will just deport you before you make a stink of things. Thats really how it is.
The fourth is how Qatari people and others drive on the road. Qatar has the highest road accident rate and road death statistics in the world. THis in itself, makes Qatar a very unsafe place. I have witnessed fatal accident after fatal accident, people being mowed over on the road. It comes down to arrogant LAZY driving. THey drive the biggest SUV that they can get and then these inexperienced lazy arrogant people drive. They do no work and they are so bored that the only sport they have is to intimidate everyone else. In fact when they get into an accident and you go to the traffic department it is always your fault, always, and every expatiate knows this. They will simply just buy another one after the insurance fixes it up and then leave that one. That is there attitude and thats why they are reckless killers on the road.
The fifth thing that you should know is that the climate here is REALLY inhospitable. The temperatures outside make Qatar very hostile to supporting life. Just 20 minutes under the sun without water and you seriously risk dying from dehydration. Countless laborers are taken in to the hospitals every day for heat stroke, this after they are used to working in that heat. I feel extremely sorry for these people. When they come here after being promised a better deal, there passports get confiscated, and they have no means of escaping. They are basically forced to toil outside until there is really nothing left of them. The heat in this barren desert is really the most catastrophically awe-full thing about Qatar. This then on top of every other other point makes this HELL on earth! If you ever read anything good about Qatar its because they paid them to publish it. After all that is how PR works! Qatar Sucks balls people!!!

Also the air pollution is the worst in the world, only beaten by Pakistan. There are gases from the Oil refineries that blow over Doha. There is construction and dust and pollution EVERYWHERE.

There are some positions which offer attractive salaries, but these jobs are scarce. Most of them are through agencies and 90% of the people who get these deals, get them while outside of the country. It seems that they need to lure people to Qatar somehow. But! Once you are in Qatar you can almost forget to get one of these positions, there are very few career agencies in the country.
Then there is the whole Kafala system which means that you cannot even leave the country without your employers permission. I would say that as a professional expatiate you could perhaps make it work here but you need to be getting at least 90,000 QAR pm. This will be enough for housing, schooling, etc. Don't be fooled because this is not a lot of money in Qatar, you will end up not saving anything of that, and as mentioned before these posts are few and far between. If you come here looking for work you are trapped and will be so for a very long time, don't do it!

Recently after the oil prices went down, there was a wave of layoffs. It is ironic just how quickly this happened. The people who came here gave up their lives to live in this place and just like that they get retrenched because the government has no respect for anyone else but Qataris.
From my experience and knowing people, most people just cut their losses and move on, never taking the time to write there experiences as I have with this article. I have experienced this with client after client after client.

I was trapped in Qatar for 2 years, trying to save enough money to get out and to be able to support my family for a few months. For two years in this HELL HOLE.

It is for this reason that I feel someone really needs to shed some light and explain to expatiates considering coming to Qatar, to really look again. Go there first, in summer an see for yourself before you make a decision that you WILL regret, unless you are on of the 5% of people whom I have met who does not hate it here and wishes they didn't come here and got trapped. These are always the people who get one of those very rare cushy positions, one that will most probably also be up for review a few months down the line. This is what I have seen with countless of my clients and You will see for yourself, or hopefully not.

hi I have got a job with 8000 QR without accommodation, food, transport, medical. Cn any one suggest me how much can I save?

hi I am a single. i got the job in doha private school as a the monthly salary is Qr 3680 with accommodation and transportation provided by school in have 7 yr experience as a pe teacher. per month how much Qr needed for food? plz tell me your suggest.

If you are single, 5000 QAR + accommodation and transport would be a good offer. But if you are coming here with your family, you should consider a salary of 8000 QAR or more.

I came here with my family 7 years ago and the company that I am working with provides all our needs including schooling and transportation. Salary in Qatar is tax-free. Qatar is a nice place to live with. Almost zero crime. The only thing that you wouldn't want here is the shooting 45 - 50 degrees C temperature during the summer. Summer starts from July to late November. Cold season starts from December to late April. Transition starts from April to June. You should watch the road while you are driving. Some people here don't follow speed limit.

Dear All,

I got an offer with 6000 QAR including accommodation and transportation allowances is it enough for 1 person, sportive and none smoker!

Thank you for your advice

I forgot to specify... i'm single no wife no children. Is 12 000 QR enough monthly? Can i save more than 4000QR monthly?

i got an offer in Qatar for a salary of Rs 13000 Qr with free accommodation, food and education for my kids. Pl suggest whether i could be able to save atleast 50% of my salary.

Yo i'm just reading your comments and wondering if you are serious abt the salaries i earn 1300 Qr pm provided accomodation en transport to and from work i survive on it and save its up to you here guys its just survival hope youre not planing to spend eternity here its hell

Hi guys
I have been reading all ur comments
can u please confirm what is the standard living cost in Doha with 5000QR!!
is there any advise for people having experience there !!

Hi All, i live in doha since 6 years
Here all answers;

# Accom : In Qatar Riyals
1 BHK 4k to 7k in city center
2 BHK 6.5k to 9k in city center
3 BHM 9k to 13k in city center
Water-electricity 500QR per month
Internet for home 350 QR per month
# Food:
Mc Donald menu 22QR
Normal restaurant 1 person 20-30QR
Luxury Restaurant 1 person 70-150 QR
Avarage if you will cook depend 300-500 QR permonth
# Night Life;
1 beer 40 QR, 1 Single viskey 80 QR, 1 Bottle Vodka 900 QR
# Transportation:
Rent a car 1800-2300 QR ( nissan sunny etc )
Taksi for 30 QR u can go inside city everywhere
Private driver for morning drop evening pickup around 1500 QR
Buss u cant use unless is having stationnear to your work or home
# Weather: May-Sep you cant walk outside Sep-April fine
# Education: For childirens 15k-25k per year no transportation
# Clothes expensive i dont buy here unless i really need it
# Rules: You cant drink outside except hotel bars, Sex not allowed if you are not married, If you drink and drive 40 whipping, Passing red line 6k QR, You cant work with other company or u cant go out of country if your company gave you permit.
#
Thats is i hope can help you guys

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Hi Dear All,

I have got job in Doha qatar, my salary is 23,000 dollers, without food and accommodation, it will be enough for me, to save some money for family?

Hi
I am Heydar and I am from Iran . I got Asia champion 2010 in wrestling . I am physical education expert . I like to go to Qatar and continue my education and wrestling for Qatar , dose Qatar support me?.

Hi All

I am getting an offer of 13000 qar a month, accommodation and other stuff are not included in that,
Would like to know whether 13000 qr is sufficient for a single person to live and how much will I be able to save while enjoying and having a good life as well.

Regards
Dina

i'm getting nearly 2000QR ......it is more than enough in here....

Dear

I want to form a trading company , how much money is required for the complete trade license , what is the rent of a studio apartment per month rent , what is the rent of a small office . I want to import halal meat from Pakistan , what is the local market price for consumer .

Please inform me these information

or do you know any consultant who is doing this whole job for me and inform me these details

thanks
Akbar

I am a diploma civil engineer I'm surching good job in qatar I have autocad. 3ds max .supervision quantity survey .and Ms office extra graduation

I am Indian citizen. I am ready for beg cook job in Qatar.

I got a job offer from an IT company for subcontracting to work for a Bank in Doha, Qatar. They will be giving me QAR 18,000 (nothing else). Though I am with family but will be staying alone. Please let me know
1. living expenses
2. how much can i save per month

Thanks for your support.

Hi I got a job offer from one Gov Hospital, salary 18000 QR/month, plus 1300 transport allownce, family accomodation provided. I have a 5 yr old young boy, I wonder how much the schooling cost for reception age/primary age children in Qatar (international/British curriculam.

Hi, I got an offer of QR 12000/- , will it be good for staying in DOHA for one person and to save money out from salary. Please replay along with all the major expenses along with Rent, Fooding, Travelling, and etc.

I needs your help will be helpful for taking decision.It's most urgent.

Regards

Manoj

I indian got offer from one of freight forwarding company for doha and they are offering QR7750/-PM breakup is below :-
Basic Salar:- QR3750/- PM
HRA:-QR1150/-PM
Special Allowance:-QR 1500/-
Vehicle Allowance :- QR 1350/-( I will be Eligible after getting Driving licence and own vehicle)
Position :- Sr. Executive Sales

Please advice above compensation would be sufficient or not, since initially i am coming alone.
also advice for accommodation cost for executive bachelor.

My Email ID:- shantosh82_kumar@yahoo.co.in

awaiting for your valuable advice

I reveive one constructuion company give sharing bachelor Accomodation +7500 .How much cost of living an bachelor with own accomodation also food and transport how much needed presently .how much savings to me pls reply me i am 10 yrs field exp in my field .pls reply me .

what is the min amount required to live in Qatar (when company Provided Accomdation and transport)

what is the min amount required to live in Qatar (when company not Provided Accomdation and transport)

Hi charlie,

Offer seems legitimate from what you are saying. QR 69k is a lot of money to spend and save here.

Just check one thing though. You said you were going as your uncle's dependent. Dependents usually include only wife and children. Even parents are not included. So definetely check that.

All the best for your and your uncle's future.

Best Regards,

Vijay

Hi. I am working in Doha for the last 2 years. Hope the following info. provides clarity on some questions raised here:

1. Rent: For 1 BHK - 3000 to 4500 in an ordinary but decent area like Matar Qadeem.
2 BHK - 5000 to 7000

Much more expensive if the accomodation is near the center of the city (like Al Sadd)and in Hi-class areas like West Bay & Pearl Qatar.

Further, rent is expected to increase during the next year and till the FIFA 2022 world cup.

2. Food: Mostly we cook food at our home. For a family of 2 we incur groceries expense between 1500 to 2000 QR per month.

If food is purchased from outside, then it depends on the type of food and the restaurant:

a. Hard rotis - Usually preferred by construction workers etc. Very cheap. For 1 QR, one might get 4 or more pieces (again in Matar Qadeem area).

b. Decent hotel - Anywhere between 10 QR to 100 QR per meal. Mcdonalds meal is between 15 to 30 QR on an avergage.

c. Hi-Class hotel - No idea.

3. Transportation - Mostly cars. Some bus facility is also available, but buses are few and one needs to stand for quite sometime.

Different cars are available for each budget range. Second hand cars from QR 10,000 and above to Brand New cars.

Lots of questions have been posted regarding whether salaries of QR 1000 - 2000 are sufficient. I would say, they are barely sufficient as even if a worker lives on a shared accomodation and eats cheap food (which is hard), the expenses are quite high here. In fact, Doha is one of the costlies places in ME.

Further, expenses are expected to rise in the near future. So bear in mind all these when you are making your decisions.

For a couple with no kids, Salary of QR 15000 and above is ok to start with. But with kids, they need to factor in children's education which is quite costly here.

One final piece of advice, which is the most important. Before coming here, make sure the company/contact through which you come here are credible. As many might be aware, this country has an Exit pass system, which means if you want to leave the country (for anything including leaving for vacation or quitting the job), the employer must give you the pass, otherwise you cant leave the country. So unless you are 100% sure about your job/contact dont jump in haste.

I have got a job in family restaurent in UBD Group and got a salary of 1200 Qatar Riyal they are just going to give me accomodation ( sharing) and transport and I am single I need to make my arrangement for Food is these sufficient or not plz help me our with these answer