Amman vs Arlington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Arlington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$1856
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$4502
🏠 One person rent	$398	$1114
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$1920
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$516
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$92.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$3964
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	64	90
😀 Quality of life	71	77
🏙️ Population	4.01M	394K

The cost of living in Amman is 46% less expensive than in Arlington. Cities ranked 5492nd and 2476th ($1009 vs $1856) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1871st in Jordan and the United States, respectively. Check Jordan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Amman compared to 2.1 months in Arlington. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Arlington ranked 405th in the United States, while ranked 3561st and 1375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Arlington

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	Amman	Arlington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$49.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$1284
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$860
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$2314
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$1533
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$111
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$173
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$57.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$2215
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$2107
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$5.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$39.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$7.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$4.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$49.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$81
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$1210
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$23378

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$548
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$748
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$753
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1072
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$915
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1732
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$987
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$718
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$837
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2108
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$807
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1817
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1998
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2153
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1021
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2142
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2347
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1808
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1855
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1850
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2937
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1947
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2303

Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369