Can anyone help? I am potentially in a position where I take a new job in Safat, Kuwait. I would like to understand the cost of living in terms of housing / villa / car leasing / food etc.
Can anyone provide a ball park figure. please reply to
Many thanks and kind regards
Graeme Collins
I am offered a salary of USD 90,000 per annum .
I have family of 3 (Husband wife and one kid of 4 year). How much I can save in Kuwait per year based on this salary.
Westerns , Indians & Arab expats each have his own way of life. It’s very difficult to answer this question, any ways I’ll try
1- Flats
Shared accommodation is available from the rates of 30KD/month to 70KD/mounth.
Unfurnished 1 bedroom flat costs 150KD/mounth to 190KD/month.
Furnished 1 bedroom flat costs 170KD/mounth to 220KD/month.
Unfurnished 2 bedroom flat costs 180KD/mounth to 250KD/month.
Furnished 2 bedroom flat costs 220KD/mounth to 350KD/month.
Unfurnished 3 bedroom flat costs 300KD/mounth to 400KD/month.
Unfurnished 4-9 rooms flat/villas costs 450KD/mounth to 1800KD/month (wide range depend on location, neighborhood, area,…..)
Anyway furniture doesn’t cost much respectively and it’s available to door to door.
2- Cars
Available in all brands in rent and installment systems from 60KD/month to 250KD/month, I don’t recommend old cars. Installment system may be rare these days or need the guarantee of a Kuwaiti because of the crises.
3- Food
This defiantly different from culture to another I’ll try to give my imagination.
Arabs & Indians about 10-15 KD / person /month.
Westerns about 25-35 KD / person /month.
Indian restaurants from 0.5-6 KD/person/meal.
Arab restaurants from 3-10 KD/person/meal.
Western/American restaurants from 3-8 KD/person/meal.
4- Entertainment
Not easily available and a little bit costly.
Cafes about 2.5-7KD / person (not including food)
Sports / health clubs from 20-70 KD/month.
Fishing sea trips about 400-600KD /trip for 10 persons for 1 day.
5- Education
Indian/Pakistani schools 200-500 KD/kid/year.
Arab schools 200-500 KD/kid/year.
Arab/Muslims language schools 1800-3000 KD/kid/year
English/Canadian/American schools 1500- 2500 KD/kid/year.
hello i m living in jeddah and move to kuwait i want to know that 600KD is agood sarlary in kuwait to maintain a family without housing allaowance housing include in salary and company says medical free in kuwait is that true or not please tell me a right information
