Kingston vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kingston	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1461	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3364	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$712	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1211	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$502	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$525	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	41	96
😀 Quality of life	57	72
🏙️ Population	938K	13.3M

The cost of living in Kingston is 8% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4191st and 3728th ($1461 vs $1585) 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 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6176th and 3206th 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	$9.68	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.8	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.26	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1458	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$888	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2882	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2227	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.9	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.19	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.97	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.11	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.28	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.89	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.05	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.6	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$262	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5107	$17546

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1289
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$835
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1109
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$1077
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1234
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$970
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$1018
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1096
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1196
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1647
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2134
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1273
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2770
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1165
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1664
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1355
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1579
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1888
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$537
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$535
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1616
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1519
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$548
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$557
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$573
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1324
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$549
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$554
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1315
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3759
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1228
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$541
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$533
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1097
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1157
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$785
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$872
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$769

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791