Kuwait City vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$698	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$800
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	43	20
😀 Quality of life	75	41
🏙️ Population	2.99M	6.44M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 108% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 3893rd and 7052nd ($1393 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 1114th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Shangrao

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	Kuwait City	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.69	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621