Kingston vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$654	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$391
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	40	56
😀 Quality of life	57	62
🏙️ Population	580K	2.42M

The cost of living in Kingston is 72% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4339th and 6702nd ($1364 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Jamaica and Brazil, respectively. Check Jamaica vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 6173rd and 5621st 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	$9.4	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699