Cape Town vs Kuwait City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cape Town	Kuwait City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$1457
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2628	$3814
🏠 One person rent	$603	$711
🏘️ Family rent	$1117	$1511
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$391
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1545	$2257
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	55	43
😀 Quality of life	59	74
🏙️ Population	3.78M	2.99M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 23% less expensive than in Kuwait City. Cities ranked 4849th and 3883rd ($1120 vs $1457) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in South Africa and Kuwait, respectively. Check South Africa vs Kuwait comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Cape Town compared to 1.5 months in Kuwait City. Cape Town ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Kuwait City ranked 1st in Kuwait, while ranked 5407th and 1287th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cape Town vs Kuwait City

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	Cape Town	Kuwait City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.8	$9.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$8.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$2.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$5.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$705	$794
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$612
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1367	$1677
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$889	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$35.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.3	$54.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$27
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.61%	6.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1902	$5807
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1292	$2705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$0.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$49.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.91	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$4.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$3.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.99	$3.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.24	$16.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$5.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.2	$114
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.5	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$77.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$92.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$201	$467
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4270	$7012

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$850
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$649
371 km or 231 mi	George	$790
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$901
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$970
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$741
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$792
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$953
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$859
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1286
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$703
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$581
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$627
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$862
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$774
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$832
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$809
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$779
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$692
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$690
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$971
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$718
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$654
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$874
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$840
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$997
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$834
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$818
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$790

Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$713
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$557
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$879
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$588
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$507
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$548
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$680
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$559
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$928
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$541
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$490
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$586
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$878
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$588
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$583
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$537
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$489
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$989
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$631
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$870
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$495
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1267
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1226
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1218
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$558
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$566
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$585
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$559
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$546
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$518
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$527