cost of living in Jamaica - 2016

To be fair any price quote has to be followed by a date in order to obtain a frame of reference.

The below link is a good website to visit in order to get a bearing of the prices in Jamaica.

http://www.cac.gov.jm/portal/index.php

Once on the site click on the "Best Price" then click on "Outlet Price Comparison" click on any outlet on the left and any item on the right and the price will appear.

You should have an idea of the local exchange rate in order to know if you would buy same item if you were in your local/foreign country.

I was surprised to find that the cost of petrol was cheaper to buy in Jamaica than in the U.S.

Jamaica is a third world country and yet it is cheaper to buy gas which is imported there than to purchase petrol in the U.S. that produces its own.

In general the cost of living in Jamaica is cheaper than that in the U.S.

I was surprised to find out that rent for a two bedroom house could cost $JA40,000. which at today's (2016) conversion to US works out to a little less than $US400. Normally to rent a two bedroom in the city cost about $US1150. Which again would convert to about $JA135,000.

Given the costs of living abroad and the costs of living in Jamaica, I would opt for Jamaica, if only I could find a job that would pay me enough to live there comfortably.

All being said, "No weh no nice like yawd"