Kingston vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kingston	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1250	$922
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3250	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$578	$473
🏘️ Family rent	$1344	$604
🍽️ Food expenses	$458	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$324
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	41	56
😀 Quality of life	56	43
🏙️ Population	580K	2.9M

The cost of living in Kingston is 36% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4318th and 5826th ($1250 vs $922) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Jamaica and Brazil, respectively. Check Jamaica vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kingston compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Salvador ranked 44th in Brazil, while ranked 5883rd and 6863rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Salvador

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	Kingston	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.46	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.62	$7.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.22	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1383	$541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1081	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$9.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.96%	12.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2310	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2164	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.1	$53.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$6.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.28	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.11	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.13	$7.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.92	$2.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.5	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.65	$7.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$8.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.1	$37.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.2	$73.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2133	$12057

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$680
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$701
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$635
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$620
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$494
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$438
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$606
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$566
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$595
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$525
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$611
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$597
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$577
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$462
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$550
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$634
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$610
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$444
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$436
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$583
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$651
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$621
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$615
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$612
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$606
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$576
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$504
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$645
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$573
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$657
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$619
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$631
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$601
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$711