Dubai vs Kingston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Kingston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$1378
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$3571
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$664
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$1546
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$489
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$132
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$763
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	65	41
😀 Quality of life	87	54
🏙️ Population	3.33M	580K

The cost of living in Dubai is 73% more expensive than in Kingston. Cities ranked 989th and 3941st ($2379 vs $1378) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Jamaica, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Jamaica comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 0.6 months in Kingston. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Kingston ranked 1st in Jamaica, while ranked 288th and 5942nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Kingston

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	Dubai	Kingston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$7.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$76.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$2.52
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$816
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$434
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$1923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1193
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$51.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	9.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$2836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$2205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$50
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$4.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$3.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$3.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$8.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$6.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$4.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$2.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$8.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$3.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$73.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$25.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$2764

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536

Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1197
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$787
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1063
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$870
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1170
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$877
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$1000
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1014
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1124
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1415
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2123
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1272
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2763
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1166
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1561
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1266
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1561
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1830
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$506
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$507
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1531
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1395
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$527
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1258
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$520
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1259
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3754
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1211
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1101
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1058
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$715
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$865
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$707