Kingston vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$654	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$671
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	40	24
😀 Quality of life	57	45
🏙️ Population	580K	6.56M

The cost of living in Kingston is 126% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 4339th and 7790th ($1364 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 167th 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 Shaoyang. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 6173rd and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Shaoyang

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	Kingston	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$10279

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599