Kingston vs Liverpool - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Liverpool
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$1937
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$4778
🏠 One person rent	$654	$1057
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$1802
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$584
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$3068
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	40	85
😀 Quality of life	57	91
🏙️ Population	580K	513K

The cost of living in Kingston is 30% less expensive than in Liverpool. Cities ranked 4339th and 2203rd ($1364 vs $1937) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 132nd in Jamaica and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Jamaica vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 1.6 months in Liverpool. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Liverpool ranked 30th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6173rd and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Liverpool

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	Kingston	Liverpool
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$21.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$92.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$4.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$1131
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$2021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$1330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$41.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	5.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$3531
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$2577
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$94.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$3.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$4.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$3.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$35.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$18.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$81.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$88.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$1594
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$16116

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1223
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$793
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1055
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1164
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$947
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$973
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1072
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1149
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1645
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2126
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1266
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2761
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1165
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1656
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1354
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1574
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1884
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$529
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$528
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1601
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1504
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$533
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$544
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$552
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$567
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1300
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$541
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$546
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1300
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3615
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1221
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$536
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$529
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1097
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1154
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$721
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$855
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$713

Cities near Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1832
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1655
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1834
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1804
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1815
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1680
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1873
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1883
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$2023
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1813
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1712
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1828
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$2040
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1652
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1682
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$2001
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1866
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1759
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1578
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1921
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1788
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1698
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1513
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1839
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1840
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1783