Kuwait City vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kuwait City	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1457	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3814	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$711	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1511	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$391	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2257	$1905
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	100
😀 Quality of life	74	79
🏙️ Population	2.99M	24.9M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 28% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 3883rd and 4780th ($1457 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Kuwait and China, respectively. Check Kuwait vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 1287th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Shanghai

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	Kuwait City	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.81	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.21	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.9	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$612	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1677	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5807	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2705	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.3	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.6	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.04	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.01	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.51	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$114	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.5	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7012	$31401

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774