Kingston vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kingston	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1250	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3250	$3619
🏠 One person rent	$578	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1344	$1662
🍽️ Food expenses	$458	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$1671
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	41	92
😀 Quality of life	56	85
🏙️ Population	580K	1.36M

The cost of living in Kingston is 18% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4318th and 3308th ($1250 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.5 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 5883rd and 273rd 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	$6.46	$8.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.62	$8.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.22	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$926
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1383	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1081	$1265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.96%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2310	$7359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2164	$5167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.1	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.28	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.11	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.13	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$1.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.92	$6.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.5	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.65	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.1	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.2	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2133	$11372

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002