Kingston vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kingston	Rabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1325	$747
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3635	$1976
🏠 One person rent	$605	$332
🏘️ Family rent	$1602	$747
🍽️ Food expenses	$499	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$53.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$765	$593
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	41	40
😀 Quality of life	54	57
🏙️ Population	580K	573K

The cost of living in Kingston is 77% more expensive than in Rabat. Cities ranked 4282nd and 6678th ($1325 vs $747) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Jamaica and Morocco, respectively. Check Jamaica vs Morocco comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingston compared to 0.8 months in Rabat. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Rabat ranked 2nd in Morocco, while ranked 5962nd and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Kingston vs Rabat infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/kingston/rabat.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Kingston vs Rabat infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/kingston/rabat" target="_blank">Kingston vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Kingston vs Rabat

Prices for goods and services in Kingston and Rabat are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Kingston	Rabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.66	$4.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.8	$41
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.8	$6.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$4.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.05	$2.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.41	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$372	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2261	$985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1187	$593
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.8	$27.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$33.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.37%	4.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1937	$2018
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$1068
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.25	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.46	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.29	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.99	$3.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.58	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75	$30.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$6.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$96.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$240	$129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2136	$5427

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$531
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$639
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$550
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$667
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$898
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$498
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$415
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$547
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$512
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$457
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$710
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$535
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1256
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1221
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$938
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1454
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$651
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1446
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1430
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$2180
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$1388
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1252
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1163
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1432
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1455
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$908
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1196
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1016
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1436
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$2047
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1519