Cost of living comparison

 Quito, Ecuador
compared to
 Kuwait City, Kuwait
Kuwait City vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary
Kuwait City vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Kuwait City instead of Quito, you would:

pay 4.5% more for restaurants

 
Quito
Kuwait City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.00
 
$9.75
KWD2.980
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$8.00
 
$8.13
KWD2.490
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.08
 
$0.67
KWD0.200

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pay 1.5% more for groceries

 
Quito
Kuwait City
Bread
1 loaf
$1.58
 
$1.00
KWD0.310
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.12
 
$2.63
KWD0.800
Milk (1 gallon) $4.23
 
$5.77
KWD1.770

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pay 54.8% more for transportation

 
Quito
Kuwait City
Gasoline (1 gallon) $2.69
 
$1.28
KWD0.390
Monthly public transit pass $20.00
 
$48.77
KWD14.920
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $20,000.00
 
$22,111.30
KWD6,761.640

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pay 49.9% more for housing

 
Quito
Kuwait City
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$31.13
 
$26.66
KWD8.150
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $451.67
 
$879.86
KWD269.060
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $362.50
 
$681.04
KWD208.260

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pay 28.7% more for childcare

 
Quito
Kuwait City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $288.89
 
$464.57
KWD142.060
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,190.00
 
$6,942.30
KWD2,122.960

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pay 57.7% more for entertainment and sports

 
Quito
Kuwait City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.50
 
$1.63
KWD0.500
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.78
 
$5.99
KWD1.830
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$7.50
 
$3.09
KWD0.940

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pay 5.3% more for clothing

 
Quito
Kuwait City
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$43.89
 
$42.27
KWD12.930
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$44.40
 
$51.44
KWD15.730
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$97.73
 
$93.02
KWD28.440

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