Amman vs Baltimore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amman	Baltimore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1032	$2224
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2557	$5241
🏠 One person rent	$384	$1309
🏘️ Family rent	$646	$2141
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$623
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$4251
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	97
😀 Quality of life	73	91
🏙️ Population	4.01M	586K

The cost of living in Amman is 54% less expensive than in Baltimore. Cities ranked 5330th and 1429th ($1032 vs $2224) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1183rd 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 0.4 months in Amman compared to 1.9 months in Baltimore. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Baltimore ranked 29th in the United States, while ranked 2337th and 138th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Amman	Baltimore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$79.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.43	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$5.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$3.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$1599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$981
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$2089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$1812
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$77.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.93%	6.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1681	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$2320
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$84.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$4.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$5.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$2.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$8.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$3.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$2.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.7	$51.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$123
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$1730
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7735	$18541

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$538
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$745
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$771
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1205
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$1070
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1994
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$742
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$977
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2347
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$2133
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2336
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2379
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1149
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2466
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2465
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$2044
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1933
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$2125
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2873
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2201
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2541

Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2484
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2603
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2856
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2377
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$3012
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2554
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2787
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2862
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2694
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2596
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2774
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$3016
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2223
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2678
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2769
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2512
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3350
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$3031
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2695
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2913
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2572
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2275
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2318
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2801
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2367
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2508
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2799
76 km or 47 mi	York	$2088
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2803
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2793
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2341
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2222
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3338
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2095
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2696
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2608
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2205
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2379
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2037