Kuwait City vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kuwait City	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1424	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3690	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$725	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$1524	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$213	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2222	$626
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	43
😀 Quality of life	73	63
🏙️ Population	2.99M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 75% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3697th and 6335th ($1424 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Kuwait and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Kuwait vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Kuwait City compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1759th and 4845th 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	$8.22	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.3	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$623	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1353	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.3	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.7	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6427	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3038	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.96	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.54	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.97	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$120	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$531	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6644	$8086

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Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$710
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$543
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$875
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$559
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$541
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$646
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$685
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$549
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$910
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$621
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$522
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$594
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$868
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$577
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$568
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$606
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$561
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1005
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$637
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$959
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$507
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$387
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1375
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1327
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1285
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$606
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$559
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$569
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$604
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$511
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$531

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651