Kingston vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kingston	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1325	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3635	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$605	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1602	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$499	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$765	$1905
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	41	100
😀 Quality of life	54	79
🏙️ Population	580K	24.9M

The cost of living in Kingston is 17% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4282nd and 4780th ($1325 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Jamaica and China, respectively. Check Jamaica vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingston compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5962nd and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Shanghai

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	Kingston	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.66	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.8	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.8	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.05	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.41	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$372	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2261	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1187	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.8	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.37%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1937	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1690	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.25	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.46	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.29	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.99	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.58	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$240	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2136	$31401

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1165
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$783
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1046
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$849
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1143
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$821
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$978
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1018
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1123
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1416
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2117
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1273
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2760
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1166
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1558
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1280
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1556
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1824
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$513
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$514
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1525
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1405
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$516
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$527
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$536
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$549
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1260
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$524
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$529
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1260
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3644
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1210
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$520
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$513
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1103
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1053
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$625
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$727
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$878
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$728

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774