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The Kuwait Towers against a blue sky

⁨Kuwait⁩ guide

Kuwait

A Gulf city: seafront evenings, the old markets and a boat to Failaka Island.

Why ⁨Kuwait⁩?

  1. Seafront evenings

    Evenings on the seafront below the Kuwait Towers.

  2. Covered markets

    Shop for spices, cloth and gold in the covered markets.

  3. Failaka Island

    Failaka Island

    A boat trip to Failaka, an island settled since antiquity.

Before you go

  • Currency

    Kuwaiti Dinar

  • Language

    Arabic

  • Time difference

    GMT+3

  • Getting around

    Car

  • Driving

    On the right

Best time to visit ⁨Kuwait⁩

November to March

  • January

    Best time to go

  • February

    Best time to go

  • March

    Best time to go

  • April

    Good time to go

  • May

  • June

  • July

  • August

  • September

  • October

    Good time to go

  • November

    Best time to go

  • December

    Best time to go

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Local tips

  • Insider tips

    1. Plan around the evening. The seafront, the markets and the restaurants all come alive after dark and stay open late.

    2. If the choice is yours, come between November and March. Outside that window the outdoor country is closed.

  • Money

    1. The currency is the Kuwaiti dinar, and cards work almost everywhere.

  • Customs and safety

    1. Modest dress in public (shoulders and knees covered), and more so away from the malls and the seafront.

    2. July here is hotter than in Riyadh or the Nile Valley; May to September, midday is no outdoor time.

  • Food and prayer

    1. Islam is the state religion and all food sold here is halal, so nobody has to look for it.

    2. Mosques are everywhere in Kuwait City, prayer rooms in malls and the airport; shops close briefly at each prayer.

Getting around ⁨Kuwait⁩

  • Car

    The city is spread out and built for driving; there is no metro and the distances are longer than a map suggests.

    Recommended

  • Ride-hailing

    The usual alternative to driving, with the fare settled in the app.

  • Taxi

    Plentiful, and worth agreeing the fare on before setting off.

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About ⁨Kuwait⁩

Kuwait is one city on one bay, and the country behind it is flat desert to the borders. The old centre and the towers are on the water; the suburbs run inland; and there is very little that is not one or the other.

The summer here is the most extreme of anywhere in these guides, and it organises the whole year. The city lives outdoors from November and indoors from May.

Photo credits

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