Kingston vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kingston	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1378	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3571	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$664	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$1546	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$489	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$763	$903
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	41	82
😀 Quality of life	54	69
🏙️ Population	580K	15.4M

The cost of living in Kingston is 93% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 3941st and 6818th ($1378 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Jamaica and India, respectively. Check Jamaica vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingston compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 5942nd and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Mumbai

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	Kingston	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.64	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.3	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.32	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$816	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2836	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2205	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.08	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.6	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.91	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.87	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.6	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.2	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.6	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2764	$3007

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296