Kingston vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kingston	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1250	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3250	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$578	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1344	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$458	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$1208
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	41	96
😀 Quality of life	56	73
🏙️ Population	580K	12.5M

The cost of living in Kingston is 22% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4318th and 5167th ($1250 vs $1021) 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5883rd and 1608th 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	$6.46	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.62	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.22	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1383	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1081	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.96%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2310	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2164	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.1	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.28	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.11	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.13	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.92	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.65	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.1	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.2	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2133	$10868

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1062
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$758
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$936
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$698
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1005
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$768
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$674
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1005
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1020
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1527
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2555
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1536
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2841
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$2153
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1671
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1176
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1727
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1872
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$492
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$492
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1869
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1784
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$494
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$504
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$514
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$525
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1654
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$501
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$506
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1626
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3374
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1507
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$497
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$491
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1371
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1312
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$589
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$714
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$1247
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$712

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517