Kingston vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$654	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	40	60
😀 Quality of life	57	89
🏙️ Population	580K	246K

The cost of living in Kingston is 26% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4339th and 2519th ($1364 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1889th in Jamaica and the United States, respectively. Check Jamaica vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 6173rd and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Louisville

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	Kingston	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$15931

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017