Kingston vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$654	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	40	24
😀 Quality of life	57	44
🏙️ Population	580K	7.82M

The cost of living in Kingston is 128% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 4339th and 7835th ($1364 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 183rd in Jamaica and China, respectively. Check Jamaica vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 6173rd and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Shangqiu

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	Kingston	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$17107

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517