Kuwait City vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$698	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$903
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	82
😀 Quality of life	75	69
🏙️ Population	2.99M	15.4M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 95% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 3893rd and 6818th ($1393 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 1.8 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 1114th and 2865th 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	$9.69	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$3007

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296