Kingston vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kingston	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3138	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$654	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$490	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$504	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	40	62
😀 Quality of life	57	52
🏙️ Population	580K	9.08M

The cost of living in Kingston is 173% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 4339th and 8696th ($1364 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 502nd 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Kingston ranked 1st best city to live in Jamaica vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 6173rd and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingston vs Xuzhou

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	Kingston	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.4	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.2	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$424	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1427	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2802	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2172	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.8	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.1	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.6	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.6	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4783	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753