Kuwait City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$698	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$3146
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	99
😀 Quality of life	75	95
🏙️ Population	2.99M	2.15M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 39% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3893rd and 1222nd ($1393 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kuwait and France, respectively. Check Kuwait vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 1114th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Paris

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	Kuwait City	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.69	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293