Kingston vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$654	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	40	53
😀 Quality of life	57	70
🏙️ Population	580K	8.78M

The cost of living in Kingston is 120% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4339th and 7641st ($1364 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 138th in Jamaica and China, respectively. Check Jamaica vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 6173rd and 4086th 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	$9.4	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941