Kingston vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kingston	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1378	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3571	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$664	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1546	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$489	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$763	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	41	96
😀 Quality of life	54	74
🏙️ Population	580K	13.1M

The cost of living in Kingston is 11% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3941st and 4359th ($1378 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jamaica and Russia, respectively. Check Jamaica vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingston compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5942nd and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Moscow

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	Kingston	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.64	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.3	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.32	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$816	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2836	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2205	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.08	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.6	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.91	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.87	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.6	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.2	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.6	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2764	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592