Kingston vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$654	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	40	98
😀 Quality of life	57	95
🏙️ Population	580K	1.97M

The cost of living in Kingston is 36% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 4339th and 1640th ($1364 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jamaica and Austria, respectively. Check Jamaica vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Kingston compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 6173rd and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Vienna

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	Kingston	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946