Kuwait City vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kuwait City	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1454	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3423	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$741	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1291	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$401	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2360	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	94
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	2.99M	4.04M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 28% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4115th and 4867th ($1454 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Kuwait and Taiwan, respectively. Check Kuwait vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 884th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs New Taipei

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	Kuwait City	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.4	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.53	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.25	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$5.75	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.56	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$828	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$630	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1498	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1123	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.2	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.8	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8536	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.2	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.27	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.92	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.33	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.52	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.31	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.01	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.6	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.01	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.7	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.2	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$308	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7065	$17207

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Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$730
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$549
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$889
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$571
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$483
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$453
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$681
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$530
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$930
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$477
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$459
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$583
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$873
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$566
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$560
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$503
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$463
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1008
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$630
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$908
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$474
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1237
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1230
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1201
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$553
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$555
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$540
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$530
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$508
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$470

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589