Kingston vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$654	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	40	90
😀 Quality of life	57	94
🏙️ Population	580K	1.51M

The cost of living in Kingston is 45% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4339th and 920th ($1364 vs $2463) 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 0.4 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 6173rd and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Munich

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	Kingston	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$14492

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1223
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$793
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1055
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1164
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$947
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$973
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1072
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1149
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1645
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2126
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1266
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2761
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1165
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1656
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1354
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1574
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1884
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$529
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$528
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1601
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1504
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$533
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$544
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$552
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$567
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1300
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$541
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$546
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1300
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3615
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1221
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$536
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$529
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1097
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1154
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$721
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$855
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$713

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730