Albuquerque vs Amman - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Albuquerque	Amman
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2227	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5507	$2387
🏠 One person rent	$1367	$358
🏘️ Family rent	$2709	$600
🍽️ Food expenses	$610	$348
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4282	$673
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	27	63
😀 Quality of life	79	69
🏙️ Population	565K	4.01M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 127% more expensive than in Amman. Cities ranked 1221st and 5457th ($2227 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1095th 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 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.7 months in Amman. Albuquerque ranked 116th best city to live in the United States vs Amman ranked 1st in Jordan, while ranked 525th and 3121st 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	$16	$7.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$43.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$7.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$6.82
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$4.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1432	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1078	$249
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2625	$675
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2364	$444
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$51
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$79.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.9	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	7.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3560	$1304
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2784	$792
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.19	$0.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$11.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.01	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$7.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$6.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.93
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$1.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$5.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.98	$3.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$2.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$67.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1346	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6035	$5798

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2165
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$1833
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2013
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2312
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2066
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2112
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1692
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1818
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1792
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1613
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1126
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1696
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2411
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1798
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2287
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1687
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2269
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2334
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2004
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1860
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1710
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1916
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2324
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2355
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$2042
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2282
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2392
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2425
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2105
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2374
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2459

Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$602
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$625
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1011
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$849
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$1948
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1583
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$964
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$735
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$737
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1850
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$760
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1660
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1752
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1873
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$802
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1900
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2068
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1427
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1678
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1689
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2149
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1701
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2113