Cost of living in Kuwait City 2026
Typical rent, prices and the overall cost index for Kuwait City, with quick comparisons to other cities.
Cost index (base New York = 100)
38.3
62% cheaper than New York
Kuwait CityUSD
1-bed apartment, centre 284 KWD $920
1-bed apartment, outside centre 193 KWD $625
3-bed apartment, centre 598 KWD $1,938
Room in shared flat 97 KWD $314
Buy price per m2 1,635 KWD $5,297
Living cost excl. rent 253 KWD $820
Typical net salary 640 KWD $2,074
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How we calculate and where the data comes from
Educational model, not financial, tax or relocation advice. Figures are estimates for 2026 and are rounded to ranges, never exact values. Our cost index is built from open data and adapted by CrawlJobs (aggregated and reweighted); it is not endorsed by the sources.
Sources: Eurostat (free reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU), World Bank Open Data ICP (CC-BY-4.0), US BEA / HUD / Census (public domain), GeoNames (CC-BY-4.0). Source and product names are used for attribution only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.