Kingston vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kingston	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1250	$4044
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3250	$8222
🏠 One person rent	$578	$2662
🏘️ Family rent	$1344	$3953
🍽️ Food expenses	$458	$794
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$392
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$6298
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	41	100
😀 Quality of life	56	96
🏙️ Population	580K	8.8M

The cost of living in Kingston is 69% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 4318th and 6th ($1250 vs $4044) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Jamaica and the United States, respectively. Check Jamaica vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kingston compared to 1.6 months in New York City. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs New York City ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 5883rd and 8th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Kingston vs New York City 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/new-york.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Kingston vs New York City infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/kingston/new-york" target="_blank">Kingston vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Kingston vs New York City

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

	Kingston	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.46	$24.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$108
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.62	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$8.64
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$5.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.22	$2.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$3504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$2240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1383	$3748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1081	$3719
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$103
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.96%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2310	$16943
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2164	$12588
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$2.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.1	$135
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.28	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.11	$4.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$5.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$5.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.13	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$5.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$5.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$3.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$3.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$2.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.92	$16.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$6.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.5	$115
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.65	$18.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$27.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.1	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.2	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$1647
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2133	$17859

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	$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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2529
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$2821
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2743
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2739
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3241
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2691
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2638
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2613
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2494
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2608
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2612
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2520
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$1956
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2622
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2400
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2464
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2612
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2433
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2351
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2338
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2521
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2684
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2653
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2422
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2638
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2695
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2615
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2660
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2627
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2614
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2698
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2534
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2404
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2737
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2784
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2694
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2465
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2447
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3028