Kingston vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kingston	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1482	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3425	$1935
🏠 One person rent	$740	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$1278	$470
🍽️ Food expenses	$494	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$67
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$745	$1162
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	41	81
😀 Quality of life	61	74
🏙️ Population	938K	13.9M

The cost of living in Kingston is 117% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 4050th and 7400th ($1482 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 83rd 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 1.7 months in Tianjin. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 5741st and 2024th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Tianjin

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	Kingston	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.2	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$23.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.92	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$294
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$510	$206
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$528
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$933	$368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$40.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$62.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$7.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.42%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2845	$5320
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2196	$2347
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.9	$9.85
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$4.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.17	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.73	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$18.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$3.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.42	$5.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$5.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.04	$4.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.5	$16.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$7.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.3	$60.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.32	$3.49
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$37.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.3	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$577
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5834	$16559

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Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1314
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$874
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1152
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$1102
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1285
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$964
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$1024
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1092
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1201
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1650
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2128
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1274
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2774
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1163
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1673
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1352
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1575
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1888
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$523
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$523
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1619
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1522
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$533
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$539
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$545
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$559
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1322
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$535
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$539
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1319
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3795
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1232
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$530
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$522
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1090
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1158
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$688
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$857
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$886
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$814

Cities near Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$672
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$740
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$666
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$645
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$800
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$623
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$720
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1108
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$764
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$666
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$576
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$574
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$697
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$480
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$599
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$648
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$541
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$525
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$511
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$556
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$480
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$759
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$722
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$668
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$589
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$541
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$541
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$541
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$646
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$549
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$579
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$582
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$521
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$680
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$576
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$546