Foshan vs Kuwait City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Kuwait City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$1393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$3599
🏠 One person rent	$208	$698
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$1494
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$207
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$2507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	43
😀 Quality of life	70	75
🏙️ Population	9.5M	2.99M

The cost of living in Foshan is 56% less expensive than in Kuwait City. Cities ranked 7543rd and 3893rd ($611 vs $1393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 1st in China and Kuwait, respectively. Check China vs Kuwait comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 1.8 months in Kuwait City. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Kuwait City ranked 1st in Kuwait, while ranked 2601st and 1114th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Kuwait City

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	Foshan	Kuwait City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$9.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$8.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$3.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$5.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$597
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$1716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1333
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	7.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$6776
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$2989
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$4.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$5.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$3.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$6.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$3.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$119
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$37.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$86.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$6378

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642

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