Kingston vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kingston	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1378	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3571	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$664	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$1546	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$489	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$763	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	41	92
😀 Quality of life	54	67
🏙️ Population	580K	9.21M

The cost of living in Kingston is 19% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 3941st and 4604th ($1378 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Jamaica and Mexico, respectively. Check Jamaica vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingston compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 5942nd and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Mexico City

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	Kingston	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.64	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.3	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.32	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$816	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2836	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2205	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.08	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.6	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.91	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.87	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.6	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.2	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.6	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2764	$9034

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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

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804