Kingston vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kingston	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1250	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3250	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$578	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1344	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$458	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$643
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	41	24
😀 Quality of life	56	41
🏙️ Population	580K	7.82M

The cost of living in Kingston is 68% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 4318th and 6604th ($1250 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 53rd in Jamaica and China, respectively. Check Jamaica vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kingston compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 5883rd and 7053rd 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	$6.46	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.62	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.22	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1383	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1081	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.96%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2310	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2164	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.1	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.28	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.11	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.13	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.92	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.5	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.65	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.1	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.2	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2133	$14498

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543