Kingston vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kingston	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1378	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3571	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$664	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1546	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$489	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$763	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	41	93
😀 Quality of life	54	87
🏙️ Population	580K	1.38M

The cost of living in Kingston is 9% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3941st and 3363rd ($1378 vs $1513) 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 1.2 months in Prague. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5942nd and 285th 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	$7.64	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.3	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.32	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$816	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2836	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2205	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.08	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.6	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.91	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.87	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.6	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.2	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.6	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2764	$12277

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1197
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$787
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1063
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$870
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1170
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$877
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$1000
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1014
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1124
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1415
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2123
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1272
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2763
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1166
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1561
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1266
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1561
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1830
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$506
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$507
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1531
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1395
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$527
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1258
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$520
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1259
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3754
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1211
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1101
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1058
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$715
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$865
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$707

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120