Kingstown vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kingstown	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1000	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2468	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$370	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$455	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$49.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$615	$313
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	4	38
😀 Quality of life	26	34
🏙️ Population	13.9K	444K

The cost of living in Kingstown is 131% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 5500th and 8890th ($1000 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 9th in Saint Vincent and Ghana, respectively. Check Saint Vincent vs Ghana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingstown compared to 0.7 months in Kumasi. Kingstown ranked 2nd best city to live in Saint Vincent vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 8510th and 7682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingstown vs Kumasi

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	Kingstown	Kumasi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.63	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.79	$6.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$67.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$83.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$372
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.9	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.98%	24.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$600	$4001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$601	$2470
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.2	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.87	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.34	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.22	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.9	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$1.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.43	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.64	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$1.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$7.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.79	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$28.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$184	$64
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7119	$5465

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Cities near Kingstown

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Georgetown	$1007
69 km or 43 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
98 km or 61 mi	Castries	$1161
124 km or 77 mi	Grenville	$1070
136 km or 85 mi	St. George's	$1062
160 km or 100 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
173 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1418
175 km or 109 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
227 km or 141 mi	Scarborough	$1084
238 km or 148 mi	Roseau	$1015
269 km or 167 mi	Portsmouth	$1123
280 km or 174 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
281 km or 175 mi	San Juan	$1178
296 km or 184 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
319 km or 198 mi	Basse-Terre	$1508
322 km or 200 mi	San Fernando	$953
339 km or 210 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1497
341 km or 212 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1505
346 km or 215 mi	Les Abymes	$1489
347 km or 216 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1501
352 km or 219 mi	Le Moule	$1499
353 km or 219 mi	Carupano	$737
372 km or 231 mi	La Asuncion	$695
376 km or 234 mi	Porlamar	$684
436 km or 271 mi	Maturin	$890
436 km or 271 mi	All Saints	$1037
440 km or 273 mi	Cumana	$716
445 km or 276 mi	St. John's	$1039
465 km or 289 mi	Tucupita	$777
487 km or 302 mi	Basseterre	$1373
492 km or 306 mi	Cayon	$1377
493 km or 306 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Lecheria	$837
505 km or 314 mi	Barcelona	$858
545 km or 338 mi	Anaco	$639
548 km or 341 mi	Cantaura	$674
557 km or 346 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
574 km or 357 mi	Philipsburg	$1968
579 km or 360 mi	El Tigre	$746
587 km or 365 mi	Upata	$789

Cities near Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$551
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$588
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$889
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$553
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$354
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$575
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$632
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$882
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1022
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$507
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$647
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$937
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$651
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$590
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$906
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$658
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$709
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$613
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$904
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$916
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1113
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$774
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$776
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$743
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$677
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$735