Kuwait City vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$698	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$5531
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	43	87
😀 Quality of life	75	91
🏙️ Population	2.99M	1.39M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 59% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 3893rd and 36th ($1393 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd in Kuwait and the United States, respectively. Check Kuwait vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 1114th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs San Diego

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	Kuwait City	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.69	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$28706

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759