Calgary vs Kuwait City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Kuwait City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$1393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$3599
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$698
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$1494
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$207
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$2507
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	53	43
😀 Quality of life	90	75
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.99M

The cost of living in Calgary is 49% more expensive than in Kuwait City. Cities ranked 1646th and 3893rd ($2077 vs $1393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd 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 1.8 months in Kuwait City. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Kuwait City ranked 1st in Kuwait, while ranked 153rd and 1114th 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	$15.2	$9.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$8.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$3.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$5.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$597
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$1716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$1333
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	7.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$6776
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$2989
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$4.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$3.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$6.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$3.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$119
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$37.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$86.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$6378

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$736
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$547
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$904
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$597
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$536
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$551
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$562
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$901
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$546
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$525
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$582
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$897
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$583
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$577
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$557
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$529
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1056
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$626
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$1068
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1280
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1243
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1223
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$589
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$587
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$554
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$563
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$513
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$502