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Port Vila vs. Doha Cost of Living Summary

Port Vila is 61.5% more expensive than Doha.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Port Vila
Groceries: pay 2.2 times more in Port Vila
Transportation: pay 72.6% more in Port Vila
Housing: pay 2.4 times more in Port Vila
Childcare: pay 41.3% less in Port Vila
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.5% less in Port Vila
Clothing: pay 11.2% less in Port Vila

The cost of restaurants, housing, groceries, and transportation in Port Vila are more expensive than in Doha. Expenses including childcare, clothing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Port Vila. Notably, restaurants, housing, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Port Vila.

Port Vila vs. Doha Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Port Vila instead of Doha, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Doha	Port Vila
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.22 QAR29.90	$11.23 VUV1,334	+36.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.53 QAR27.41	$9.60 VUV1,139	+27.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.90 QAR3.27	$2.17 VUV257	+141.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.36 QAR1.30	$1.73 VUV206	+384.7%
Average			+147.4%

Doha vs. Port Vila - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	Doha	Port Vila
Bread 1 loaf	$1.57 QAR5.70	$2.46 VUV293	+57.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.74 QAR20.88	$10.11 VUV1,200	+76.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.99 QAR29.09	$8.55 VUV1,014	+6.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.55 QAR9.29	$5.20 VUV618	+103.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.84 QAR13.99	$8.41 VUV998	+118.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.86 QAR3.13	$2.23 VUV265	+158.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.71 QAR2.60	$0.96 VUV113	+33.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.67 QAR2.44	$2.53 VUV301	+277.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.61 QAR2.21	$1.15 VUV136	+89.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 QAR1.55	$1.98 VUV235	+366.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.56 QAR2.05	$0.96 VUV114	+70.6%
Average			+123.6%

Doha vs. Port Vila - Cost of groceries

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pay 72.6% more for transportation

	Doha	Port Vila
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.14 QAR7.79	$7.17 VUV852	+235.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$32.87 QAR119.62	$67.38 VUV8,000	+105.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,910.54 QAR79,744.24	$23,163.36 VUV2,750,000	+5.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$19.72 QAR71.77	$8.84 VUV1,050	-55.2%
Average			+72.6%

Doha vs. Port Vila - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.4 times more for housing

	Doha	Port Vila
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$87.95 QAR320.09	$228.83 VUV27,167	+160.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,570.13 QAR5,714.54	$1,867.11 VUV221,667	+18.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,013.80 QAR3,689.78	$1,407.24 VUV167,070	+38.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$75.85 QAR276.07	$347.82 VUV41,294	+358.5%
Average			+144.1%

Doha vs. Port Vila - Cost of housing

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pay 41.3% less for childcare

	Doha	Port Vila
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$797.97 QAR2,904.23	$469.58 VUV55,750	-41.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$11,234.42 QAR40,888.09	$6,586.82 VUV782,000	-41.4%
Average			-41.3%

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pay 4.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Doha	Port Vila
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$10.96 QAR39.87	$4.59 VUV545	-58.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.26 QAR19.13	$5.09 VUV604	-3.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.57 QAR23.92	$9.27 VUV1,100	+41.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$117.97 QAR429.37	??
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.32 QAR44.86	$12.63 VUV1,500	+2.5%
Average			-4.5%

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pay 11.2% less for clothing

	Doha	Port Vila
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$61.12 QAR222.45	$46.33 VUV5,500	-24.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$55.31 QAR201.31	$67.38 VUV8,000	+21.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$96.92 QAR352.76	$101.08 VUV12,000	+4.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$94.98 QAR345.69	$50.54 VUV6,000	-46.8%
Average			-11.2%

Doha vs. Port Vila - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

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