Kuwait City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kuwait City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1461	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3476	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$716	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1240	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$406	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1981	$1020
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	77	72
🏙️ Population	2.99M	13.3M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 8% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4189th and 3728th ($1461 vs $1585) 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 1.4 months in Kuwait City compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1096th and 3206th 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	$12.9	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.67	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$831	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1474	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1059	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.8	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.2	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7223	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2046	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.5	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.23	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.33	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.32	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.98	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.2	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$341	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8046	$17546

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791