Kuwait City vs Lyon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	Lyon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$1570
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$3820
🏠 One person rent	$698	$773
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$2651
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	93
😀 Quality of life	75	89
🏙️ Population	2.99M	521K

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 11% less expensive than in Lyon. Cities ranked 3893rd and 3152nd ($1393 vs $1570) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Kuwait and France, respectively. Check Kuwait vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.7 months in Lyon. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Lyon ranked 5th in France, while ranked 1114th and 195th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Lyon

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	Kuwait City	Lyon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.69	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$62
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$6.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$3.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$2.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$563
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$1593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$1107
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$129
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$29.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	3.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$4049
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$2.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$74.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$22.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$8.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$6.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$3.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$95.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$584
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$10816

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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

Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457