Kuwait City vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kuwait City	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1457	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3814	$1979
🏠 One person rent	$711	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$1511	$1047
🍽️ Food expenses	$391	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$57.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2257	$910
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	82
😀 Quality of life	74	64
🏙️ Population	2.99M	15.4M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 103% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 3883rd and 6838th ($1457 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Kuwait and India, respectively. Check Kuwait vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Mumbai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 1287th and 4476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Mumbai

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	Kuwait City	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.81	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$24.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.21	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.9	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$538
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$612	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1677	$1611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$817
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$62.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$8.63
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	8.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5807	$7369
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2705	$3505
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.3	$8.39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.6	$3.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.04	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$7.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$4.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$2.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.01	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$1.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.51	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$114	$24.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.5	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$2.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$60.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7012	$2724

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$484
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$396
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$288
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$519
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$346
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$312
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$284
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$785
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$394
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$406
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$332
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$310
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$321
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$294
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$357
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$348
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$491
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$409
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$402
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$488
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$399
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$429
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$391
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$344
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$357
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$254
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$335
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$304
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$402
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$379
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$327
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$364
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$283