Kingston vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kingston	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1325	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3635	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$605	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$1602	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$499	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$765	$831
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	41	53
😀 Quality of life	54	50
🏙️ Population	580K	8.78M

The cost of living in Kingston is 99% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4282nd and 7155th ($1325 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 142nd in Jamaica and China, respectively. Check Jamaica vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingston compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 5962nd and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Quanzhou

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	Kingston	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.66	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.8	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.8	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.05	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.41	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$372	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2261	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1187	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.8	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.37%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1937	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.25	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.46	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.29	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.99	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.58	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$240	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2136	$22902

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014