Kuwait City vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$698	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$616
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	49
😀 Quality of life	75	58
🏙️ Population	2.99M	1.63M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 100% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 3893rd and 6907th ($1393 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 26th in Kuwait and Russia, respectively. Check Kuwait vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kuwait City compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 1114th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Novosibirsk

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	Kuwait City	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.69	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$4263

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648