Kingston vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$654	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	40	93
😀 Quality of life	57	89
🏙️ Population	580K	1.4M

The cost of living in Kingston is 23% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4339th and 2821st ($1364 vs $1778) 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 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6173rd and 277th 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	$9.4	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284