Kingston vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$2464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$5417
🏠 One person rent	$654	$1477
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$2341
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$241
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$3342
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	40	86
😀 Quality of life	57	99
🏙️ Population	580K	2.79M

The cost of living in Kingston is 45% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 4339th and 918th ($1364 vs $2464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Jamaica and Canada, respectively. Check Jamaica vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 6173rd and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Toronto

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	Kingston	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$76.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$2463
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$49.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$8820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$7326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$3.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$3.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$72.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$17676

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2241
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2326
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2242
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2033
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2379
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2449
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2193
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2103
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1869
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1998
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1705
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2049
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2044
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2010
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1844
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2071
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1928
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2187
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2082
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1936
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2083
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1971
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1868
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2036
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2031
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2043