Kingston vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$2615
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$6248
🏠 One person rent	$654	$1599
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$2836
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$653
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$3894
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	40	94
😀 Quality of life	57	94
🏙️ Population	580K	664K

The cost of living in Kingston is 48% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 4339th and 689th ($1364 vs $2615) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Jamaica and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Jamaica vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 6173rd and 67th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Kingston vs Rotterdam

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

	Kingston	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$91.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$7.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$4.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$1583
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$1310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$2846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$2421
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$57.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$4426
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$4.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$2.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$4.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$3.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$2107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$13809

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	$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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2228
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2222
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2087
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2718
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2589
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2414
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2238
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2568
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2374
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2230
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2178
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1639
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2089
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1818
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2318
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1804
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1860
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2359
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1696
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2168
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1512
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671