As-salimiyah
- Population
- 148,000
- Coordinates
- 29.33° N, 48.08° E
- Time zone
- Asia/Kuwait
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,598 a month in As-salimiyah, rent included: 73% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,803 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%81
- Safetycountry20%59
- Health carecountry15%54
- Climate10%83
- Air quality10%0
- Connectivitycountry10%63
- Cost10%50
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Kuwait
- #6
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,663
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | As-salimiyah | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $11.36 | $25.00 | −55% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $58.44 | $140 | −58% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $8.12 | $14.00 | −42% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $3.25 | $8.00 | −59% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $1.62 | $10.00 | −84% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $5.21 | $6.37 | −18% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $0.73 | $3.80 | −81% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.30 | $2.89 | −90% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.30 | $1.36 | −4% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $0.73 | $4.68 | −84% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.95 | $6.97 | −72% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.11 | $5.73 | −63% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $4.40 | $17.38 | −75% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $5.52 | $15.11 | −63% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $9.74 | $17.77 | −45% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.11 | $6.11 | −65% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.62 | $2.20 | −26% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.30 | $5.77 | −77% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $1.53 | $6.25 | −76% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.35 | $3.47 | −61% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.81 | $4.17 | −81% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.62 | $2.72 | −40% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.49 | $2.50 | −80% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $3.25 | $20.00 | −84% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.04 | $3.21 | −68% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.42 | $3.96 | −64% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $2.76 | $19.00 | −85% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.97 | $3.00 | −68% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $48.70 | $140 | −65% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $3.25 | $3.00 | +8% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $3.25 | $2.18 | +49% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $16.23 | $42.00 | −61% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.34 | $1.10 | −69% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $21,105 | $35,458 | −40% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $20,455 | $25,309 | −19% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $21.10 | $73.50 | −71% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $30.15 | $71.93 | −58% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $97.41 | $126 | −23% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $64.94 | $62.38 | +4% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $11.36 | $23.00 | −51% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $279 | $3,366 | −92% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $6,386 | $60,589 | −89% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $37.88 | $72.80 | −48% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $38.96 | $53.22 | −27% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $90.91 | $118 | −23% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $64.94 | $125 | −48% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $893 | $4,417 | −80% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $639 | $3,033 | −79% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,786 | $9,242 | −81% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,380 | $5,461 | −75% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $2,803 | $5,178 | −46% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 6.53% | 6.49% | +0.0 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $893 | $2,803 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Mar 2026 | 33.9 | $814 | $2,757 |
| Jan 2026 | 34.3 | $783 | $2,764 |
| Dec 2025 | 34.5 | $781 | $3,242 |
| Aug 2025 | 33.8 | $786 | $3,265 |
| May 2025 | 27.7 | $954 | $3,241 |
| Apr 2025 | 27.4 | $958 | $3,254 |
| Mar 2025 | 27.7 | $961 | $3,265 |
| Feb 2025 | 29.0 | $956 | $3,230 |
| Jan 2025 | 30.8 | $962 | $3,231 |
| Dec 2024 | 31.1 | $964 | $3,239 |
| Nov 2024 | 31.2 | $965 | $3,243 |
| Oct 2024 | 31.1 | $969 | $3,254 |
| Sep 2024 | 31.0 | $973 | $3,267 |
| Aug 2024 | 31.3 | $971 | $3,260 |
| Jul 2024 | 31.4 | $968 | $2,806 |
| Jun 2024 | 31.3 | $967 | $2,803 |
| May 2024 | 31.4 | $964 | $2,794 |
| Apr 2024 | 30.8 | $964 | $2,795 |
| Mar 2024 | 32.7 | $966 | $2,801 |
| Jan 2024 | 32.7 | $1,131 | $2,237 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Kuwait's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for As-salimiyah yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for As-salimiyah. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked As-salimiyah on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 26.3 °C
- Warmest monthAugust
- 37.1 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 13.8 °C
- Rain a year
- 47 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 45%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 5.3 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 17
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 83
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 1AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 160
- PM2.5
- 64.7µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 00-100
Internet
Kuwait median; city not listed- Upload
- 45Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 13ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 400Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 14ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for As-salimiyah yet.
Cities like As-salimiyah
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 14Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 4 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 95%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026