Calgary vs Kuwait City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Kuwait City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$1461
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$3476
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$716
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$1240
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$406
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$207
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$1981
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	53	43
😀 Quality of life	90	77
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.99M

The cost of living in Calgary is 45% more expensive than in Kuwait City. Cities ranked 1716th and 4189th ($2118 vs $1461) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 1st in Canada and Kuwait, respectively. Check Canada vs Kuwait comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.4 months in Kuwait City. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Kuwait City ranked 1st in Kuwait, while ranked 209th and 1096th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Kuwait City

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	Calgary	Kuwait City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$5.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$831
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$595
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$1474
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$1059
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$65.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$7223
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2046
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$27.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$5.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$6.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$3.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$2.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$5.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$3.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$3.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$119
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$79.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$341
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$8046

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934

Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$707
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$556
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$861
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$571
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$492
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$465
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$680
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$546
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$928
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$489
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$476
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$581
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$823
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$574
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$569
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$523
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$487
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1037
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$627
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$931
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$475
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$364
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1309
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1192
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1109
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$565
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$554
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$546
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$547
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$513
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$479