Kingston vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$1617
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$3763
🏠 One person rent	$654	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$1604
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$93.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$1700
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	40	24
😀 Quality of life	57	80
🏙️ Population	580K	592K

The cost of living in Kingston is 16% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 4339th and 3451st ($1364 vs $1617) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 27th in Jamaica and Spain, respectively. Check Jamaica vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 1.1 months in Malaga. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Malaga ranked 21st in Spain, while ranked 6173rd and 736th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Kingston vs Malaga infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/kingston/malaga.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Kingston vs Malaga infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/kingston/malaga" target="_blank">Kingston vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Kingston vs Malaga

Prices for goods and services in Kingston and Malaga are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Kingston	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$59.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$4.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$1047
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$767
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$1344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$78.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$6192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$5381
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$1.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$2.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$18.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$8.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$6.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$6.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$2.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$535
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$10933

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1584
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1489
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1301
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$1924
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1461
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$1101
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$980
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1666
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$997
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1334
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2260
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1268
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2429
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1344
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1157
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$987
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1382
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1312
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1274
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1187
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1133
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1287
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1233
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1344
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1123
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1359
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$989
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$565
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1393
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1166
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$863
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1369
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1501
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1490
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1500
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1298
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1316
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$931
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$536