Places · Jamaica
Living in Kingston (Jamaica)
Jamaica · tropical
Kingston (Jamaica) is a mid-sized city of roughly 590,000 people with both the sea and mountains close by in Jamaica. The climate is tropical. It keeps a balanced mix of locals and visitors though personal safety is worth weighing carefully. A typical month of living costs around $1,100. Healthcare is reasonable, and the internet is generally reliable. People come here for live music, food and eating out, art and culture.
È un’isola collegata tutto l’anno, spesso più volte al giorno, e questo cambia molto per chi ci vive tutto l’anno. È uno dei posti dove vivere fuori rete è davvero praticabile, sia per legge sia per spazio. Chi nasce in Jamaica è cittadino, quale che sia la nazionalità dei genitori. Il reddito prodotto all’estero in genere non viene tassato qui.
At a glance
Who tends to love Kingston (Jamaica)
- Making a budget stretch further
- A genuinely good food scene
- Island living
- Anyone into live music
- Anyone into food and eating out
All parameters
📈 Popularity & prices: Growing
Accommodation prices have moved about +30% in the last 5 years.
Estimates, for orientation only.
⛴️ Getting there: All year, often
Estimated from island size, airport and tourism. We have not checked a timetable for this one, treat it as a guide.
🔭 Where this place is heading
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Good to know
- • Natural risks worth checking: hurricane.
- • Safety genuinely needs attention here; research recent conditions.
⚠️ The honest downsides
- •Dengue circulates in the wet season (mosquito-borne).
- •Tap water isn't reliably drinkable, budget for filtered or bottled.
- •Natural hazards to check locally: hurricanes.
- •Violent-crime rate is high (~44 per 100k), choose neighbourhoods with care.
Health, air (WHO PM2.5), water & crime figures are rough country-level estimates, verify for your case.
On the map
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