Kingston vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kingston	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1325	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3635	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$605	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1602	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$499	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$765	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	41	92
😀 Quality of life	54	86
🏙️ Population	580K	1.38M

The cost of living in Kingston is 19% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4282nd and 3084th ($1325 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Jamaica and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Jamaica vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingston compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5962nd and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Prague

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	Kingston	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.66	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.8	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.8	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.05	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.41	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$372	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2261	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1187	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.8	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.37%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1937	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.25	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.46	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.29	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.99	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.58	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$240	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2136	$12545

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141