Abu Dhabi vs Amman - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Amman
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$994
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$2473
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$386
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$700
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$345
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$663
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	53	64
😀 Quality of life	83	68
🏙️ Population	1.48M	4.01M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 84% more expensive than in Amman. Cities ranked 2320th and 5535th ($1828 vs $994) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Jordan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.7 months in Amman. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Amman ranked 1st in Jordan, while ranked 438th and 3048th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Amman

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	Abu Dhabi	Amman
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$7.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$7.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$5.61
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$408
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$763
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$518
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$64.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$98.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$34
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	7.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$1392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$875
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$42.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$11.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$6.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$20.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$4.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$5.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$2.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$3.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$57.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$9.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$61
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$5545

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2379
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1494
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1844
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2240
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1239
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1779
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1709
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$780
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$967
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1223
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1243
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1090
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$547
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1068
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1056
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$548
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$897
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$901
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$514
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$589
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$551
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$546
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$563
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$557
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$585
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$515
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$464
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$605
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$529
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1637
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$536

Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1931
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156