Kingston vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kingston	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1378	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3571	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$664	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1546	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$489	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$763	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	41	72
😀 Quality of life	54	78
🏙️ Population	580K	7.01M

The cost of living in Kingston is 16% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 3941st and 2911th ($1378 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jamaica and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Jamaica vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingston compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5942nd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Riyadh

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	Kingston	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.64	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.3	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.32	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$816	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2836	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2205	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.08	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.6	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.91	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.87	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.6	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.2	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.6	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2764	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529