Kuwait City vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kuwait City	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1457	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3814	$1942
🏠 One person rent	$711	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1511	$656
🍽️ Food expenses	$391	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2257	$522
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	43	27
😀 Quality of life	74	62
🏙️ Population	2.99M	149K

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 76% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 3883rd and 6351st ($1457 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kuwait and Mauritius, respectively. Check Kuwait vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kuwait City compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 1287th and 4805th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Port Louis

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	Kuwait City	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.81	$5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.21	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.9	$2.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$452
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$612	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1677	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$45
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5807	$1168
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2705	$1154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.3	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.6	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.04	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.01	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$6.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.51	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$114	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.5	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$8.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$87.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7012	$3888

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Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$713
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$557
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$879
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$588
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$507
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$548
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$680
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$559
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$928
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$541
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$490
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$586
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$878
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$588
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$583
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$537
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$489
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$989
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$631
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$870
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$495
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1267
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1226
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1218
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$558
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$566
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$585
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$559
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$546
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$518
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$527

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$767
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$804
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$701
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$777
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1441
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1481
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$457
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$403
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1093
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1552
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1091
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1394
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1500
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$1190
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$670
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1000
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$500
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$498
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$591
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$516
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$515
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$736