Kuwait City vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kuwait City	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1461	$1311
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3476	$2822
🏠 One person rent	$716	$805
🏘️ Family rent	$1240	$1397
🍽️ Food expenses	$406	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1981	$866
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	43	8
😀 Quality of life	77	64
🏙️ Population	2.99M	133K

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 11% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 4189th and 4552nd ($1461 vs $1311) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Kuwait and Maldives, respectively. Check Kuwait vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kuwait City compared to 0.7 months in Male. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 1096th and 5347th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/kuwait-city/male.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Kuwait City vs Male infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/kuwait-city/male" target="_blank">Kuwait City vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Kuwait City vs Male

Prices for goods and services in Kuwait City and Male are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Kuwait City	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$6.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$9.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$4.66
☕ Cappuccino	$5.67	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$831	$810
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$620
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1474	$1472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1059	$1144
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.8	$74.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.2	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$72.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	14.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7223	$2247
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2046	$1903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.5	$32.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$6.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.23	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.33	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.32	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.98	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$75.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.2	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$4.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$341	$193
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8046	$3300

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327