Kuwait City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$698	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$1546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	75	74
🏙️ Population	2.99M	13.1M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 12% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3893rd and 4359th ($1393 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kuwait and Russia, respectively. Check Kuwait vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1114th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Moscow

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	Kuwait City	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.69	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592