Kingston vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$654	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	40	20
😀 Quality of life	57	46
🏙️ Population	580K	6.44M

The cost of living in Kingston is 110% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 4339th and 7433rd ($1364 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 6173rd and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Shangrao

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	Kingston	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620