Cooking Gas in Qatar
It was surprising to find out that replacing your 12kg gas cylinder would now cost you 5QR more as reported in Gulf Times. So now, a cylinder of cooking in Qatar now costs QR15 instead of 10QR. For a 48kg cylinder, you need to pay up QR55.
I’m not really one to complain though. Our LPG gas usually lasts us about 2-3 months with all the cooking, baking and grilling that we do. In the Philippines, the same cylinder size would cost us roughly QR35, would weigh way below 12kg and last a typical user without grilling and baking a month or even less.
Why is it surprising though in world standards, QR15 for a 12kg cylinder might be the cheapest? Because it’s still a 50% hike of the previous price! I guess this shows that prices of commodities in Qatar are rising as fast as the rental of flats is concerned!
By the way, an empty 12-kg cylinder will cost QR147 instead of QR130, while an empty 48-kg cylinder will be now be priced at QR397 instead of QR300.
