Kingston vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kingston	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1250	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3250	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$578	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$1344	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$458	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$2566
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	41	71
😀 Quality of life	56	74
🏙️ Population	580K	7.01M

The cost of living in Kingston is 24% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4318th and 2922nd ($1250 vs $1642) 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 0.5 months in Kingston compared to 1.6 months in Riyadh. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5883rd and 1210th 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	$6.46	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.62	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.22	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1383	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1081	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.96%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2310	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2164	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.1	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.28	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.11	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.13	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.92	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.5	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.65	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.1	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2133	$9649

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1062
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$758
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$936
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$698
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1005
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$768
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$674
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1005
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1020
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1527
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2555
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1536
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2841
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$2153
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1671
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1176
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1727
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1872
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$492
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$492
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1869
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1784
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$494
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$504
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$514
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$525
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1654
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$501
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$506
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1626
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3374
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1507
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$497
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$491
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1371
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1312
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$589
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$714
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$1247
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$712

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561