Kingston vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kingston	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1461	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3364	$1657
🏠 One person rent	$712	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$1211	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$502	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$525	$688
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	41	17
😀 Quality of life	57	44
🏙️ Population	938K	7.82M

The cost of living in Kingston is 143% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 4191st and 7914th ($1461 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 207th 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 334th in China, while ranked 6176th and 7360th 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	$9.68	$2.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.8	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.26	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$0.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$2.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$233
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$192
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1458	$431
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$888	$348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$58.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$8.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2882	$2751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2227	$1731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.9	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$4.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.19	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.97	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.11	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.28	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.89	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.05	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$33.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.6	$67.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$262	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5107	$16802

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1289
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$835
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1109
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$1077
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1234
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$970
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$1018
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1096
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1196
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1647
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2134
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1273
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2770
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1165
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1664
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1355
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1579
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1888
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$537
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$535
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1616
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1519
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$548
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$557
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$573
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1324
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$549
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$554
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1315
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3759
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1228
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$541
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$533
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1097
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1157
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$785
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$872
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$769

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$581
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$803
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$581
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$569
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$483
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$558
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$598
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$556
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$548
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$514
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$592
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$583
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$601
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$491
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$509
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$518
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$543
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$563
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$498
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$511
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$489
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$531
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$520
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$506
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$516
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$516
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$576
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$492
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$596
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$550
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$505
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$519
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$548
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$518