Kuwait City vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kuwait City	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1461	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3476	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$716	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1240	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$406	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1981	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	43	45
😀 Quality of life	77	68
🏙️ Population	2.99M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 100% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4189th and 7085th ($1461 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Kuwait and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Kuwait vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kuwait City compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1096th and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Nur-Sultan

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	Kuwait City	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.67	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$831	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1474	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1059	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.8	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.2	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7223	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2046	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.5	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.23	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.33	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.32	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.98	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.2	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$341	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8046	$6043

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Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$707
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$556
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$861
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$571
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$492
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$465
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$680
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$546
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$928
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$489
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$476
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$581
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$823
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$574
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$569
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$523
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$487
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1037
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$627
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$931
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$475
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$364
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1309
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1192
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1109
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$565
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$554
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$546
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$547
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$513
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$479

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537