Kuwait City vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$698	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$3115
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	50
😀 Quality of life	75	90
🏙️ Population	2.99M	1.02M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 32% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 3893rd and 1701st ($1393 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Kuwait and Canada, respectively. Check Kuwait vs Canada 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 Ottawa. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 1114th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Ottawa

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	Kuwait City	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.69	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800