Kuwait City vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$698	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$1589
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	94
😀 Quality of life	75	86
🏙️ Population	2.99M	4.04M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 30% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3893rd and 5000th ($1393 vs $1073) 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 1.8 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 1114th and 302nd 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	$9.69	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$18855

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581