Kingston vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kingston	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1482	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3425	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$740	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$1278	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$494	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$745	$1104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	41	96
😀 Quality of life	61	72
🏙️ Population	938K	13.3M

The cost of living in Kingston is 12% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4050th and 3277th ($1482 vs $1678) 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 0.5 months in Kingston compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5741st and 2774th 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	$10.2	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.92	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$510	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$933	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.42%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2845	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2196	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.9	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.17	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.73	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.42	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.04	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.5	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.3	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.32	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.3	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5834	$20160

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1314
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$874
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1152
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$1102
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1285
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$964
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$1024
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1092
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1201
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1650
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2128
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1274
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2774
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1163
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1673
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1352
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1575
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1888
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$523
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$523
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1619
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1522
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$533
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$539
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$545
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$559
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1322
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$535
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$539
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1319
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3795
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1232
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$530
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$522
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1090
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1158
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$688
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$857
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$886
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$814

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749