Kuwait City vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kuwait City	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1454	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3423	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$741	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$1291	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$401	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2360	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	8
😀 Quality of life	79	63
🏙️ Population	2.99M	24.7K

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 8% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4115th and 3601st ($1454 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kuwait and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Kuwait vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Kuwait City compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 884th and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Kuwait City vs Victoria infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/kuwait-city/victoria.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Kuwait City vs Victoria infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/kuwait-city/victoria" target="_blank">Kuwait City vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Kuwait City vs Victoria

Prices for goods and services in Kuwait City and Victoria are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Kuwait City	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.4	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.53	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.25	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.75	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.56	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$828	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$630	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1498	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1123	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.2	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.8	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8536	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.2	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.27	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.92	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.33	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.52	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.31	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.01	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.6	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.01	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.7	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.2	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$308	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7065	$8213

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$730
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$549
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$889
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$571
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$483
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$453
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$681
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$530
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$930
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$477
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$459
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$583
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$873
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$566
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$560
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$503
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$463
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1008
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$630
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$908
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$474
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1237
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1230
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1201
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$553
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$555
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$540
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$530
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$508
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$470

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420