Kuwait City vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$698	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$707
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	43	24
😀 Quality of life	75	38
🏙️ Population	2.99M	7.82M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 89% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 3893rd and 6735th ($1393 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in Kuwait and China, respectively. Check Kuwait vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kuwait City compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 1114th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Shangqiu

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	Kuwait City	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.69	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529