Kuwait City vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kuwait City	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1457	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3814	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$711	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1511	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$391	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2257	$1661
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	95
😀 Quality of life	74	87
🏙️ Population	2.99M	4.04M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 37% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3883rd and 5212th ($1457 vs $1060) 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 1.5 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 1287th and 279th 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	$9.81	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.21	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.9	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$612	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1677	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5807	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2705	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.3	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.6	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.04	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.01	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.51	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$114	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.5	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7012	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605