Kingston vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kingston	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1325	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3635	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$605	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$1602	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$499	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$765	$3717
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	41	91
😀 Quality of life	54	94
🏙️ Population	580K	1.51M

The cost of living in Kingston is 43% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4282nd and 1056th ($1325 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jamaica and Germany, respectively. Check Jamaica vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingston compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5962nd and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Kingston vs Munich infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/kingston/munich.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Kingston vs Munich infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/kingston/munich" target="_blank">Kingston vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Kingston vs Munich

Prices for goods and services in Kingston and Munich are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Kingston	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.66	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.8	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.8	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.05	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.41	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$372	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2261	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1187	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.8	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.37%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1937	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.25	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.46	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.29	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.99	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.58	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$240	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2136	$19483

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1165
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$783
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1046
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$849
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1143
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$821
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$978
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1018
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1123
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1416
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2117
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1273
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2760
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1166
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1558
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1280
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1556
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1824
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$513
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$514
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1525
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1405
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$516
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$527
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$536
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$549
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1260
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$524
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$529
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1260
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3644
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1210
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$520
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$513
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1103
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1053
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$625
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$727
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$878
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$728

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668