Albuquerque vs Amman - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Amman
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$994
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$2473
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$386
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$700
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$345
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$663
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	27	64
😀 Quality of life	83	68
🏙️ Population	565K	4.01M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 100% more expensive than in Amman. Cities ranked 1874th and 5535th ($1985 vs $994) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 1st in the United States and Jordan, respectively. Check the United States vs Jordan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.7 months in Amman. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Amman ranked 1st in Jordan, while ranked 428th and 3048th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Amman

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	Albuquerque	Amman
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$7.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$7.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$5.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$408
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$763
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$518
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$64.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$98.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$34
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	7.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$1392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$875
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$42.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$11.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$20.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$4.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$5.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$2.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$3.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$57.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$61
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$5545

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2211
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2396
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2262
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2623
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1854
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1813
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1875
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2425
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1856
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2373
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1766
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1896
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1717
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2319
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1957
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2417
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2413
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2073
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2509
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2315
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2524

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