Kuwait City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kuwait City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1457	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3814	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$711	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1511	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$391	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2257	$1262
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	74	74
🏙️ Population	2.99M	13M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 36% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3883rd and 5091st ($1457 vs $1075) 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 1.5 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 1287th and 1280th 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	$9.81	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.21	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.9	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$612	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1677	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5807	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2705	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.3	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.6	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.04	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.01	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.51	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$114	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.5	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7012	$11652

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Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$713
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$557
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$879
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$588
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$507
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$548
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$680
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$559
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$928
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$541
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$490
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$586
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$878
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$588
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$583
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$537
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$489
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$989
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$631
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$870
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$495
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1267
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1226
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1218
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$558
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$566
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$585
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$559
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$546
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$518
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$527

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541