Kingston vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kingston	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1482	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3425	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$740	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$1278	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$494	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$745	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	41	93
😀 Quality of life	61	89
🏙️ Population	938K	1.4M

The cost of living in Kingston is 22% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4050th and 2377th ($1482 vs $1899) 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 1.2 months in Prague. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5741st and 244th 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	$10.2	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.92	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$510	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$933	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.42%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2845	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2196	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.9	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.17	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.73	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.42	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.04	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.5	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.3	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.32	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.3	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5834	$19039

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1314
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$874
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1152
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$1102
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1285
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$964
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$1024
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1092
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1201
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1650
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2128
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1274
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2774
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1163
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1673
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1352
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1575
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1888
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$523
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$523
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1619
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1522
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$533
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$539
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$545
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$559
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1322
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$535
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$539
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1319
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3795
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1232
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$530
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$522
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1090
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1158
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$688
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$857
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$886
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$814

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340